Records, Fiction, and Power in Alessandro Manzoni's I promessi sposi and Storia della colonna infame
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10612173 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marco Codebò (0000-0001-8330-8390, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 121 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 187-206 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Language Notes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0149-6611 • E-ISSN: 2326-1978 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/mln.2006.0031 |
| OpenAlex | W1995799827 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
The final edition of Manzoni's major works comprises a novel, I promessi sposi, and a historical investigation, Storia della colonna infame. In so doing, Manzoni behaves as an archivist who assembles a dossier of records. Narrating only events supported by, or consistent with archival records defines Manzoni's novel as an original type of historical narrative. As Manzoni unveils the archive's reliance on power he ends up, in Storia della colonna infame, by exposing the core of invention that lies at the foundation of the archive. He reaches a theoretical impasse that brings about his silence as creative writer after 1842
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Archivist · Art · Art history · Literature · Narrative · Physics · Power (physics) · Silence · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Italian Literature and Culture · Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |