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Pinton, Luigi

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The second-hand story is a narrative structure that hinges on a narrator who listens to and reports other people’s words. Updating the older literary convention of the reported tale and responding to the recent marked increase in both the production of and interest in autobiography, autofiction, reportage, and testimony, the second-hand story has become a key and distinctive structure in contemporary western literature. How has this form emerged, and why has it become so prominent? What is the significance of reporting a ‘ready-made’ story? And what purpose might it serve at a time in which literature is increasingly charged with ethical and political aims?

This book traces the emergence and evolution of this form by focusing on contemporary Italian literature from 1980 to 2020. Blending close readings of works by Alberto Arbasino, Antonio Tabucchi, Helena Janeczek, Melania Mazzucco, and Luca Rastello, with broader reflections on literary form, memory, orality, and ethics, the book reveals how the second-hand story challenges traditional notions of authorship, resists neat periodisations, and opens up a new relational paradigm for understanding literature today.

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Luigi Pinton is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Oxford and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow of St Hugh’s College. He read Modern Languages and Literatures in Siena and Cambridge, where he completed his PhD. His research explores contemporary Italian literature through a theoretical and comparative lens.

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�diteur: Peter Lang
Date d'�dition: 2026
Langue: anglais
ISBN 10: 1803746467
ISBN 13: 9781803746463
Reliure: Broch�
Nombre de pages: 254
Coordonn�es du fabricant: r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com
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Pinton, Luigi

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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The second-hand story is a narrative structure that hinges on a narrator who listens to and reports other people's words. Updating the older literary convention of the reported tale and responding to the recent marked increase in both the production of and interest in autobiography, autofiction, reportage, and testimony, the second-hand story has become a key and distinctive structure in contemporary western literature. How has this form emerged, and why has it become so prominent What is the significance of reporting a 'ready-made' story And what purpose might it serve at a time in which literature is increasingly charged with ethical and political aims This book traces the emergence and evolution of this form by focusing on contemporary Italian literature from 1980 to 2020. Blending close readings of works by Alberto Arbasino, Antonio Tabucchi, Helena Janeczek, Melania Mazzucco, and Luca Rastello, with broader reflections on literary form, memory, orality, and ethics, the book reveals how the second-hand story challenges traditional notions of authorship, resists neat periodisations, and opens up a new relational paradigm for understanding literature today. 256 pp. Englisch. N� de r�f. du vendeur 9781803746463

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Second-hand Stories : Reported Testimonies in Contemporary Italian Literature (1980-2020)

Pinton, Luigi

Edit� par Peter Lang Group AG Aug 2026, 2026

ISBN 10 : 1803746467 ISBN 13 : 9781803746463

Neuf Taschenbuch

Vendeur : AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Allemagne

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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - The second-hand story is a narrative structure that hinges on a narrator who listens to and reports other people's words. Updating the older literary convention of the reported tale and responding to the recent marked increase in both the production of and interest in autobiography, autofiction, reportage, and testimony, the second-hand story has become a key and distinctive structure in contemporary western literature. How has this form emerged, and why has it become so prominent What is the significance of reporting a 'ready-made' story And what purpose might it serve at a time in which literature is increasingly charged with ethical and political aims This book traces the emergence and evolution of this form by focusing on contemporary Italian literature from 1980 to 2020. Blending close readings of works by Alberto Arbasino, Antonio Tabucchi, Helena Janeczek, Melania Mazzucco, and Luca Rastello, with broader reflections on literary form, memory, orality, and ethics, the book reveals how the second-hand story challenges traditional notions of authorship, resists neat periodisations, and opens up a new relational paradigm for understanding literature today. N� de r�f. du vendeur 9781803746463

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