{"product_id":"first-pages-a-poetics-of-titles-penn-state-press-9780271029962","title":"First Pages A Poetics of Titles Penn State Press","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst 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 facade to a building, the title page serves as the frontispiece of literature, a sign that offers perspective and demands interpretation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Professor Maiorino’s \u003ci\u003eFirst Pages\u003c\/i\u003e, sparkling with witty aperçus, offers the first systematic and genuinely comparative study of ‘titology’ in literature. Proceeding from the thesis that the title is ‘the seed that contains the tree,’ the sophisticated work provides both theory and practice of its fascinating topic, taking representative examples from the Renaissance to the present. The reader will never again look at a literary title with the same innocence as before.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Theodore Ziolkowski,Princeton University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Professor Maiorino’s \u003ci\u003eFirst Pages\u003c\/i\u003e, sparkling with witty aperçus, offers the first systematic and genuinely comparative study of ‘titology’ in literature. . . . The reader will never again look at a literary title with the same innocence as before.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Theodore Ziolkowski,Princeton University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Frontispiece of Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eModern\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.\tAt the Top of the Page and Below the Frame: \u003ci\u003eArcadia,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eConcert Champêtre,\u003c\/i\u003e and Pastoral Titles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.\tThe Title’s Novelistic Birthmark: \u003ci\u003eLa vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y sus fortunas y adversidades\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.\tFrom Title to Genre: Essaying at the Threshold of Form\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eModernist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.\tTitle Translated into Title: \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.\t\u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land: \u003c\/i\u003eThe Archaeology of Titles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.\tOff the Page and onto the Stage: \u003ci\u003eSei personaggi in cerca d’autore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.\tBetween Expectation and Explanation: \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Godot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.\tThe Dustbin of Titles: From “The Literature of Exhaustion” to “The Literature of Replenishment”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePostmodern\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.\t“La biblioteca de Babel”: The Archititle in a Library of Titles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10.\tCervantine First Pages: The Inadequacies of Retitling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11.\tThe Picaresque and the Quixotic: An Adventure in Titology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12.\t\u003ci\u003eSe una notte d’inverno un viaggiatore:\u003c\/i\u003e Et cetera, Et cetera\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13.\t\u003ci\u003eAfter the End of Art:\u003c\/i\u003e The Obituary of Titles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14\tThe Literature of Titles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400782356823,"sku":"9780271029962","price":61.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271029962.jpg?v=1730471564","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/first-pages-a-poetics-of-titles-penn-state-press-9780271029962","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}