Ruth Glynn is Lecturer in Italian at the University of Bristol. She has published on literary works by Consolo, Eco and Malerba, and on Gianni Vattimo's philosophy of history.

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• Introduction 1 Theorizing the Historical Novel 2 From Illusionism to Anti-Illusionism 3 II Consiglio d ’Egitto, Leonardo Sciascia 4 II sorriso del Vignoto marinaio, Vincenzo Consolo 5 La chimera, Sebastiano Vassalli 6. II nome della rosa, Umberto Eco 7 Il fuoco greco, Luigi Malerba, Afterword

Ruth Glynn is Lecturer in Italian at the University of Bristol. She has published on literary works by Consolo, Eco and Malerba, and on Gianni Vattimo's philosophy of history.

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• Introduction 1 Theorizing the Historical Novel 2 From Illusionism to Anti-Illusionism 3 II Consiglio d ’Egitto, Leonardo Sciascia 4 II sorriso del Vignoto marinaio, Vincenzo Consolo 5 La chimera, Sebastiano Vassalli 6. II nome della rosa, Umberto Eco 7 Il fuoco greco, Luigi Malerba, Afterword

Ruth Glynn is Lecturer in Italian at the University of Bristol. She has published on literary works by Consolo, Eco and Malerba, and on Gianni Vattimo's philosophy of history.

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• Introduction 1 Theorizing the Historical Novel 2 From Illusionism to Anti-Illusionism 3 II Consiglio d ’Egitto, Leonardo Sciascia 4 II sorriso del Vignoto marinaio, Vincenzo Consolo 5 La chimera, Sebastiano Vassalli 6. II nome della rosa, Umberto Eco 7 Il fuoco greco, Luigi Malerba, Afterword