First Pages: A Poetics of Titles by Maiorino, Giancarlo

First Pages: A Poetics of Titles (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780271058740)

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First Pages: A Poetics of Titles by Maiorino, Giancarlo

First Pages: A Poetics of Titles

$29.95
First Pages: A Poetics of Titles by Maiorino, Giancarlo

First Pages: A Poetics of Titles

$29.95
Format: Paperback
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First Pages proves the power of the title to connect the reader to the thematic, cultural, and literary context of the writing as a whole. Much like a façade to a building, the title page serves as the frontispiece of literature, a sign that offers perspective and demands interpretation.



Author: Giancarlo Maiorino
ISBN-10: 0271058749
ISBN-13: 9780271058740
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/15/2012
Pages: 376
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.84d
By Giancarlo Maiorino
By Giancarlo Maiorino
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Giancarlo Maiorino is Rudy Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature, Indiana University. He is the author of numerous books, including At the Margins of the Renaissance: Lazarillo de Tormes and the Picaresque Art of Survival (Penn State, 2003), winner of the 2004 Modern Language Association's James Russell Lowell Prize.

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