Journal article
Reporting the Fantastic: Deferral and Pan-determinism in Ugo Tarchetti
- Abstract:
- This article explores how Ugo Tarchetti balances between the fantastic and the real in his narratives through explicit real-world location together with a deferral of the impossible. I argue that Tarchetti allows the fantastic and the real to coexist by enclosing the fantastic with reassuring markers, deferring its authenticity to lost manuscripts, or for the narrator to simply claim to be passing on a story. Additionally, I make the case that Tarchetti’s use of pan-determinism complements this effect, and that as well as balancing the real with the fantastic, he is also representing the new social reality of the rise of practices such as spiritualism in late nineteenth century Italy.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1093/fmls/cqx036
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- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Journal:
- Forum for Modern Language Studies More from this journal
- Volume:
- 53
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 430-443
- Publication date:
- 2017-09-06
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-04-13
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1471-6860
- ISSN:
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0015-8518
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- Copyright holder:
- Matthew Reza
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press for the Court of the University of St Andrews. All rights reserved. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Oxford University Press at: https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqx036
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