Kadare, Ismail
Essays on World Literature
- ISBN 13:
- 9781632061744
- author:
- Kadare, Ismail
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Restless Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions:
- 20.83 x 13.97 x 1.52 centimetres
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Criticsm, Shakespeare,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Ismail Kadare explores three giants of world literature - Aeschylus, Dante, and Shakespeare - through the lens of resisting totalitarianism in this collection of critical essays. In isolationist Albania, which suffered under a Communist dictatorship for nearly half a century, classic global literature reached Kadare across centuries and borders-and set him free. The struggles of these tragic figures gave him an understanding of totalitarianism that shaped his novels. Kadare provides powerful evidence that great literature is the enemy of dictatorship, imbuing these timeless stories with new meaning through eloquent prose and narrative drive.
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