Labyrinth: Studies on an Archetype (Literary Criticism Series, 1) - Softcover

Gaetano Cipolla

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0921252005 ISBN 13: 9780921252009

Publisher: Legas, 1987

Synopsis

This is a collection scholarly studies on the Archetype of the labyrinth as a myth and as a symbol of matriarchal consciousness, of chaos and insoluble quandaries in the works of Dante, Petrarch, Calvino and Pirandello.

About this title

About the Author

Gaetano Cipolla is Professor of Italian at St. John's University (Emeritus) where he taught for 31 years. He has written extensively on Italian literature. He has founded two series of books for Legas, and has translated several works of Giovanni Meli as well as many other Sicilian poets. He is the author of Siciliana: Studies on the Sicilian Ethos and Literature. He is also President and Editor of Arba Sicula.

Review

The reader should not be deterred by the mount of scholarship exhibited by Cipolla to tell his story, it is delightfully surprising to find a scholar who can write such convictions and with such ability to keep his reader interested. The arguments flow logically and even the most complex issues are expressed simply, directly and clearly. Cipolla has important things to say, and goes to great lengths to make sure that his words are easily understood. --Henry Barbera, L'Italo-Americano, June 1988

Edition details

• Publisher: Legas
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0921252005
• ISBN 13: 9780921252009
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160