The invisible cities (1972)
In 1972 the book "The invisible cities" was published.
The main characters are Marco Polo and 55 different Cities.
The non-existent knight (1959)
The novel, that closed the trilogy, is published in 1959 and it is set in the hills of France in the time of Charlemagne, it is a historical-fantastic novel.
The narrator is Sister Theodora.
The novel is presented through a flashback and only towards the end of the book does the time of the story and that of the story coincide when Sister Teodora reveals that she is...
The path to the nest of spiders (1947)
"THE PATH OF SPIDER'S NESTS" published in 1947 by Einaudi editor, it is set in Liguria at the time of the Second World War and the Partisan Resistance.
Influences on Tolkien's Middle Earth
What are the influences of events, places and previous literature works on the Middle-Earth world? How “far” went Tolkien to create it?
The aim of this work is to show the events, places and previous literature works that had an influence on Tolkien's creation of Middle Earth.
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6. Ogygia, home of the nymph Calypso
Alone, after all his men died, Ulysses arrives at the island of Calypso. He will remain there for 7 years until Athena convinces Zeus to let him finish his journey and reach Ithaca.
1. Troy
In this fragment we see how Athena inspires the poet to write about Ulysses. These are the very first words of the Odyssey, the beginning of such masterpiece in which mention is made of the man whose adventures began in Troy.