Antonio Tabucchi and the Visual Arts: Images, Visions, and Insights

By Michela Meschini

Visual images and imagery, optical metaphors and iconic quotations are common features in the literary work of Antonio Tabucchi, along with references to the world of painting, photography, and cinema. This book explores the iconic temptation of the Italian author, pointing out his visual strategies of representation and poetic thought. By focusing on the visual intertextuality of his fiction, it discusses questions of style and content whilst also emphasizing the role of images as a privileged means of narrative knowledge and philosophical insight. Drawing on the visual studies and on postmodernist theory and criticism, this study offers a comprehensive inquiry into the visual poetics of one of Europe's most innovative writers.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631756178
• ISBN13: 9783631756171
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"