Painting Literature (Hardcover)

by Constance A. Pedoto (Author)

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Book Description
This book aims at extending artistic methods and terminology to the realm of literature. Pedoto primarily explores four important painting techniques: chiaroscuro, sfumato, incollato, and impasto. She demonstrates how they are used to paint selected literary masterpieces and illustrates the process of creation and the continual challenge to the reader's sense of "actuality". Contents: Introduction; Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" and "Notes from Underground" through Chiaroscuro and High Renaissance/Baroque Period; Franz Kafka's "The Castle" and "The Metamorphosis" through Sfumato and Leonardo da Vinci; Luigi Pirandello's "Six Characters in Search of an Author" and "Liola" through Incollato and Picasso's Cubism; Gabriel García Márquez's "The Autumn of the Patriarch" and "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" through Impasto and French Impressionism; Conclusion.

About the Author
Constance A. Pedoto is Assistant Professor of English at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama.

• Hardcover: 122 pages
• Publisher: University Press of America (September 14, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0819190993
• ISBN-13: 978-0819190994
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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