Painting with Words, Writing with Pictures : : Word and Image Relations in the Work of Italo Calvino / / Franco Ricci.

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• VerfasserIn: Ricci, Franco,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Toronto Italian Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Ricci's book ranges widely over Calvino's oeuvre to illustrate the accuracy of the idea articulated by Calvino himself that a visual image lies at the origin of all his narrative. The book's main theme is the difficult interface between word and image that Calvino struggled with throughout his career, the act of perception that rendered visible that which was invisible and transformed what was seen into what is read. Ricci holds that Calvino's narrative has an 'imagocentric' program and that his literary strategy is 'ekphrastic' i.e. it is characterized by literary description of visual representation, real or imaginary. The book is interdisciplinary in nature and will interest not only scholars of literature but also those who work with the visual arts and with information technology.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. From Word to Image -- 2. From Image to Word -- 3. Variations on a Theme -- 4. Verbal Order to Visual Chaos -- 5. The World's Seamless Web -- 6. Painted Stories and Novel Spaces -- Conclusion: A New Point of Departure -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- Title Index