Thesis
The fragments of impegno : interpretations of commitment in contemporary Italian narrative, 1980-1995
- Abstract:
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This thesis explores the representation of political and social issues in the work of a selection of contemporary Italian authors, aiming to assess what has become of the notion of political commitment ('impegno'), as debated by intellectuals in the sharply-defined political climate following World War II, and whether the institutional seizure then crisis of the 1980s and 1990s has encouraged a comparable literary response. In part one, I examine the critical works of Vittorini and Calvino...
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- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Source identifiers:
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602363446
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- Local pid:
- polonsky:5:35
- Deposit date:
- 2017-10-05
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- Copyright holder:
- Burns, J; Burns, Jennifer
- Copyright date:
- 1998
- Notes:
- This thesis was digitised thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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