Six Memos For The Next Millennium
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Features of Six Memos for the Next Millennium
Italo Calvino's brilliant reflection on what makes great literature, from the classics to more contemporary works, punctuated with personal details about Calvino's own writing processes.At the time of his death, Italo Calvino was at work on six lectures setting forth the qualities in writing he most valued, and which he believed would define literature in the century to come. Here, in Six Memos for the Next Millennium, are the five lectures he completed, forming not only a stirring defense of literature, but also an indispensable guide to the writings of Calvino himself.Calvino devotes one memo each to the concepts of lightness, quickness, exactitude, visibility, and multiplicity, drawing examples from his vast knowledge of myth, folklore, and works both ancient and modern. Readers will be astonished by the prescience of these lectures, which have only gained in relevance as Calvinos next millennium has dawned.
Specification of Six Memos for the Next Millennium
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Author | Calvino, Italo |
Binding | paperback |
Language | english |
Edition | First Edition |
ISBN-10 | 0544146670 |
ISBN-13 | 9780544146679 |
Publication Year | 2016-08-02T00:00:01Z |
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