Reading & Writing the Mediterranean : Essays by Vincenzo Consolo /
Reading & Writing the Mediterranean : Essays by Vincenzo Consolo /
ed. by Massimo Lollini, Norma Bouchard.
- 1 online resource (352 p.)
- Toronto Italian Studies .
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Vincenzo Consolo is counted by many critics among the most significant voices in contemporary world literature. This volume makes available for the first in English an edited and annotated volume of Consolo's short stories, essays, and other writings pertaining to the diverse cultures and histories of Sicily and the Mediterranean basin.The Mediterranean region holds a particular fascination for Consolo, who seeks through his writing to recover the memory of a Sicilian and Mediterranean history, which he feels is presently being threatened by the forces of late-capitalist Western culture. His writings about the region also voice a commitment to questions of ethics and human rights, which have been brought to the fore by recent tensions dividing this area and forcing a mass exodus of its people. At a time when this part of the world is under threat from unbridled globalization as well as dangerous forms of ethnic and religious fundamentalism, Consolo's words offer an insightful rethinking of regionalism within a global hierarchy of values. They remind us of the necessity of moderation and contingency, and in so doing, attempt to recover a moral and ethical dimension for our collective life.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780802092106 9781442684737
10.3138/9781442684737 doi
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
DE71 / .C58 2006
909/.09822
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Vincenzo Consolo is counted by many critics among the most significant voices in contemporary world literature. This volume makes available for the first in English an edited and annotated volume of Consolo's short stories, essays, and other writings pertaining to the diverse cultures and histories of Sicily and the Mediterranean basin.The Mediterranean region holds a particular fascination for Consolo, who seeks through his writing to recover the memory of a Sicilian and Mediterranean history, which he feels is presently being threatened by the forces of late-capitalist Western culture. His writings about the region also voice a commitment to questions of ethics and human rights, which have been brought to the fore by recent tensions dividing this area and forcing a mass exodus of its people. At a time when this part of the world is under threat from unbridled globalization as well as dangerous forms of ethnic and religious fundamentalism, Consolo's words offer an insightful rethinking of regionalism within a global hierarchy of values. They remind us of the necessity of moderation and contingency, and in so doing, attempt to recover a moral and ethical dimension for our collective life.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780802092106 9781442684737
10.3138/9781442684737 doi
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
DE71 / .C58 2006
909/.09822