Table of Contents

Contents: Beyond the Avant-garde – Philosophy, Literature, and Anguish – Inside the Linguistic Universe – The Shadow of the Labyrinth – Masks of Storytelling – Writing in Circles – After the Funeral – In the Company of Ghosts.

About the Author

Florian Mussgnug is Lecturer in Italian Literature at University College London. His publications include Lutero e la riforma protestante (2003), Folly: Special Issue of Comparative Critical Studies (2008, co-edited with Lucia Boldrini), and Postmodern Impegno: Ethics and Commitment in Contemporary Italian Culture (2009, co-edited with Pierpaolo Antonello), as well as articles on twentieth-century Italian literature, philosophy of language, and literary theory. He is co-editor of Contemporanea and a member of the executive committee of the British Comparative Literature Association.