{"product_id":"savage-words-massimo-ciavolella-9781946328601","title":"Savage Words: Invectives as a literary genre","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe meaning these texts are intended to convey is rather monotonous; they all say, in one form or another, \"I don't like you.\" Hence, the whole point of producing them is to communicate this age-old message in new and unprecedented ways. We might be rather unimaginative in our day-to-day interactions, but when we sit down to write, a certain degree of novelty is imperative. In fact, one would say that in order to work, no two \u003cem\u003eorationes invectivae\u003c\/em\u003e can be exactly alike (not even humanistic ones). At the same time, however, one doesn't want to be so inventive that the audience fails to recognize the text for what it actually is. This double constraint (creativity and transparency) produces an endless quantity of variations, and is the real engine of that verbal inventiveness we see at play; ultimately, this is the reason why we find these texts so interesting to study and to write.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Introduction by Gianluca Rizzo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Massimo Ciavolella\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 194632860X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781946328601\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Agincourt Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.50w x 0.39d","brand":"Massimo Ciavolella","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520081244415,"sku":"9781946328601","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2c0727b0-a16f-4665-904e-8647ae5fa441.jpg?v=1778740631","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/savage-words-massimo-ciavolella-9781946328601","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}