Critical Essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
One of the innumerable delights of Italian Folktales is its mixture of the deeply familiar with the totally unexpected.
Most of the basic "story-types,&#...
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Critical Essay by John Gardner
Stylistically [in "Italian Folktales"] the English is everything we would expect in a good translation of such a master as Calvino: colloquial but never c...
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Critical Essay by Anthony Burgess
I must say now that, on finishing [Italian Folktales] (a genuine labour of love, and also a pointer to Calvino's literary aims, which have more to do with the...
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In the following essay, Beckwith examines the sources of Calvino's Italian folklore.
A little over thirty years ago Italo Calvino set out to provide for Italy what the Grimms had given Germa...
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In the following favorable review, LeGuin maintains that “one of the innumerable delights of Italian Folktales is its mixture of the deeply familiar with the totally unexpected.”
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You don’t spend 16 years giving orders to the biggest stars in opera without having an opera-size personality of your own. All that the Metropolitan Opera’s general manager, Joseph Volp...
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You don’t spend 16 years giving orders to the biggest stars in opera without having an opera-size personality of your own. All that the Metropolitan Opera’s general manager, Joseph Vol...
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Critical Essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
Leaving on a High Note: After 42 Years, Volpe Bows Out
