CHAPTER ONE: BUTTI AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES: I. Gabriele D'Annunzio.

A chapter from the book "Enrico Annibale Butti: The Predicament of the Minor Writer" is presented. It examines Butti's novel "L'Anima" and show the relationship between it and the works to which the novel has derived so much help. It investigates how the author, conscious of the damage that influenc...

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Published in:Enrico Annibale Butti: The Predicament of the Minor Writer pp. 15 - 26
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Digitalia Publishing Corp. 1994
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Summary:A chapter from the book "Enrico Annibale Butti: The Predicament of the Minor Writer" is presented. It examines Butti's novel "L'Anima" and show the relationship between it and the works to which the novel has derived so much help. It investigates how the author, conscious of the damage that influence can bring to his work, attends to the issue of imitation. It also discusses how Butti gives his work an individualistic identity while being under the influence of gifted literary writers.