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Book SynopsisLiterature as Document considers the relationship between documents and literary texts in Western Literature of the 1930s. More specifically, the volume deals with the notion of the “document” and its multifaceted and complex connections to literary “texts” and attempts to provide answers to the problematic nature of that relationship. In an effort to determine a possible theoretical definition, many different disciplines have been taken into account, as well as individual case studies. In order to observe dynamics and trends, the idea for this investigation was to look at literature, taking its practices, its factual-looking and concrete applications, as a point of departure – that is to say, then, starting from the literary object itself.
Trade Review“Literature as Document dimostra quanto il testo letterario sia centrale nella definizione del nostro rapporto col passato, e quanto il suo ruolo di documento sia flessibile e aperto a nuove tipologie di indagini per le quali i saggi contenuti nel libro già provvedono a gettare solide basi.” - Simone Marsi, Università di Parma, IT in Between, Vol. 11 2021 pp. 376-381 "Insgesamt bietet der Band interessante und gut durchdachte Studien zu sowohl etablierten, als auch unbekannten Werken der 1930er Jahre." - Isabelle Geising, Universität des Saarlandes (Germany), in: Literaturwissenschaftliches Jahrbuch Vol.61 2020 pp. 378-380 "In conclusione, Literature as Document dimostra quanto il testo letterario sia centrale nella definizione del nostro rapporto col passato, e quanto il suo ruolo di documento sia flessibile e aperto a nuove tipologie di indagini per le quali i saggi contenuti nel libro già provvedono a gettare solide basi." - Simone Marsi, l’Università di Parma (Italy), in Between Vol. XI.22 2021 pp. 376-381 "Doordat alle auteurs in deze bundel een vergelijkbare methodologie hanteren, namelijk tekstanalyse, krijgt de lezer gaandeweg oog voor allerlei dwarsverbanden tussen literaire teksten en documenten die eerder verborgen bleven. Het zijn allemaal doorwrochte, intelligent geschreven studies die het spectrum van onderzoek over deze periode op een zinvolle wijze verbreden en verdiepen door aandacht te besteden aan de verhouding tussen fictie en werkelijkheid. De studies werpen bovendien een nieuwe blik op de periode van het modernisme, omdat de gekende technieken van collage en montage in deze bundel ook met andere informatiedragers dan tekst worden verbonden, zoals met beeld en geluid. De grootste winst van deze bundel is wel dat deze verrassende invalshoeken aanzetten tot het lezen en herlezen van de besproken werken." - Janneke Weijermars, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (Netherlands), in: Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde Vol. 136.1 2020
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: Positions and Roles of Literary “Documents”: Textual Games and the Creation of Hybrids Sarah Bonciarelli, Anne Reverseau and Carmen Van den Bergh PART 1 Sketching the Document 1 The Difference between “Document” and “Monument” Remo Ceserani 2 A Re-evaluation of Documentary Tendencies in Neue Sachlichkeit Gunther Martens and Thijs Festjens PART 2 Revisiting the Cornerstones 3 Characters as Social Document in Modernist Collective Novels: the Case of Manhattan Transfer Antonio Bibbò 4 Documenting Berlin in the Twenties: War Neurosis and Inflation in Alfred Döblin’s Berlin Alexanderplatz Stijn De Cauwer and Sven Fabré 5 Building up a “Glasshouse” in Nadja: Documenting the Surrealist Way of Life Nadja Cohen PART 3 Experimental Writings 6 The “Essence of Things” and Their Decomposition: the Use of Montage in Dino Terra’s Metamorfosi Achille Castaldo 7 Tardy Presents: Embodied Agency in the “Documental” Poetry of Benjamin Péret and Antonio Porchia Piet Devos and Gys-Walt Van Egdom PART 4 Generic Transfers 8 “Madrid está cerca”: Spanish Civil War Radio Poetry Robin Vogelzang 9 “Documentary” Aspects in Umberto Barbaro’s Literary and Cinematographic Practice Fabio Andreazza 10 Plot Placement and Literary Plot: How Economic Context Becomes Part of Literature Toni Marino
