Novecento scritturale
Subtitle: la letteratura italiana e la Bibbia
By: Sonia Gentili
Edition: 1a edizione.
Series: Frecce -- 207; Frecce (Rome, Italy) -- 207.
Publisher: Carocci editore
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Roma
Language: ita
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9788843080427
Subjects: Italian literature; History and criticism; In literature; Bible and literature; Bible
Other titles: '900 scritturale
Description: This study looks at the ways in which 20th-century literature has reworked the Bible, including writers such as Giovanni Pascoli, Giorgio Bsasani, Primo Levi, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Elsa Morante, and Giovanni Testori. 20th-century thinkers have used the Bible it to formulate major themes of the era: the violence necessary for revolution, the absence of God and the solitude of man, love and human solidarity, and the question of realism in art. This book also includes a discussion of the reworking of the Bible by 19th-century writers Giacomo Leopardi and Herman Melville, included as a prologue to and a foundation for 20th-century experience.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-251) and indexes.