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Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino | |
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About 191 pages (57,410 words) in 10 products |
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| Name: |
Italo Calvino | | Birth Date: |
1923 | | Death Date: |
September 19, 1985 | | Place of Birth: |
Cuba | | Place of Death: |
Siena, Italy | | Nationality: |
Italian | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
author, writer |
summary from source:
 Biography of Italo Calvino
952 words, approx. 3.2 pages
 One of modern Italy's most important men of letters, Italo Calvino (1923-1985), blended fantasy, fable, and comedy in an effort to illuminate modern life, and in the process redefined the literary forms. Italo Calvino was born in Cuba in 1923. His father... summary from source:
 Biography of Italo Calvino
9474 words, approx. 31.6 pages
 Italo Calvino has long been recognized as one of the most prominent writers of the twentieth century. At once experimental and accessible, he is able to fuse sophisticated narrative techniques with pleasurable storytelling. His writing, internationally p... summary from source:
 Biography of Italo Calvino
3886 words, approx. 13 pages
"After forty years of writing fiction, after exploring various roads and making diverse experiments, the time has come for me to look for an overall definition of my work," Italian novelist and short story writer Italo Calvino announced in his Six Memos...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Cosmicomics Information
644 words, approx. 2 pages
Cosmicomics is a book of short stories by Italo Calvino. Each story takes a scientific "fact" (though sometimes a falsehood by today's understanding), and builds an imaginative story around it. An always extant being called Qfwfq narrates all of the...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Francis Cromphout
10,259 words, approx. 34 pages
In the following essay, Cromphout discusses Calvino's work as science fiction and views the stories of Cosmicomics and t zero as part of a single literary project.
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Critical Essay by Kathryn Hume
8,557 words, approx. 29 pages
In the following essay, Hume considers Cosmicomics a turning point in Calvino's fiction, maintaining that the author finds his narrative voice and cosmic vision with the stories in this volume.
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Critical Essay by Kathryn Hume
6,204 words, approx. 21 pages
In the following essay, Hume investigates the role of science and perception in the stories that comprise Cosmicomics and t zero.
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