The Cloven Viscount (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Italo Calvino
- First Published: 1952
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fable
- Time of Work: The late eighteenth century
- Setting: Terralba, a small state on the Italian coast
- Genres: Long fiction, Fable
- Subjects: Eighteenth century, Good and evil, Fantasy, Symbolism, Italy or Italians
- Locales: Italy
Characters Discussed
Viscount Medardo of Terralba, a young Italian nobleman from a small principality on the coast of Italy. Fighting against the Turks, he is split in two by a cannonball; one surviving half is saved by doctors, and he returns home. Once there, he displays a perverted and evil nature, shown especially in his penchant for splitting things—such as fruits, frogs, and mushrooms—into two parts. His courtship of the peasant girl Pamela further reveals his sadistic inclinations. The other part of Medardo, which also survived and was healed by hermits, returns to...
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Italo Calvino (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Italo Calvino (Short Fiction)Italo Calvino (Long Fiction)Our Ancestors (Literary Places)Our Ancestors (Masterplots Classics)
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