The Expression of the Inexpressible in Eugenio Montale's Poetry: Metaphor, Negation, and Silence
Locating the greatest Italian poet of the twentieth century, Eugenio Montale, firmly within European Modernism, this book examines the struggle with language that is central to his work. In its unravelling of the inexpressibility paradox, the book offers a new reading of Montale's early verse, and reveals how in articles and metapoetic comments Montale gives us insights into both his poetics and the whole process of expression.
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The Expression of the Inexpressible in Eugenio Montale's Poetry: Metaphor, Negation, and Silence
Locating the greatest Italian poet of the twentieth century, Eugenio Montale, firmly within European Modernism, this book examines the struggle with language that is central to his work. In its unravelling of the inexpressibility paradox, the book offers a new reading of Montale's early verse, and reveals how in articles and metapoetic comments Montale gives us insights into both his poetics and the whole process of expression.
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The Expression of the Inexpressible in Eugenio Montale's Poetry: Metaphor, Negation, and Silence

The Expression of the Inexpressible in Eugenio Montale's Poetry: Metaphor, Negation, and Silence

by Clodagh J. Brook
The Expression of the Inexpressible in Eugenio Montale's Poetry: Metaphor, Negation, and Silence

The Expression of the Inexpressible in Eugenio Montale's Poetry: Metaphor, Negation, and Silence

by Clodagh J. Brook

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Locating the greatest Italian poet of the twentieth century, Eugenio Montale, firmly within European Modernism, this book examines the struggle with language that is central to his work. In its unravelling of the inexpressibility paradox, the book offers a new reading of Montale's early verse, and reveals how in articles and metapoetic comments Montale gives us insights into both his poetics and the whole process of expression.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199248988
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 05/02/2002
Series: Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 8.60(w) x 5.70(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Lecturer in Italian Studies, University of Birmingham

Table of Contents

Preface1. Introduction: The Development of the Inexpressibility Topos in European Literature2. Eugenio Montale and the Inexpressible3. Metaphor and Figurative Language4. Negation5. SilenceAppendix: Differentiating Figurative Language from 'Dead' Metaphor and Literal LanguageBibliographyIndex
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