Visualising doubt: a journey through and within Calvino’s texts. Margherita Parigini, Calvino nella nebbia. Dubitare, esitare, cancellare

Abstract

In her monograph Calvino in the Fog, Margherita Parigini: Doubting, Hesitating, Deleting', analyses Italo Calvino's work through the concept of the 'dubitative text' — an unstable narrative that cyclically rewrites and cancels itself. Distinguished by its innovative approach, the book blends traditional literary criticism with computational tools such as data visualisation to trace the evolution of key themes such as 'fog' and 'cancellation'. Providing an innovative yet accessible reading, the work offers valuable insights into Calvino studies and also explores promising avenues for digital literary criticism.