Italo Calvino - Modern Critical Views Author:Harold Bloom This study of the Italian novelist and short story writer includes essays by Gore Vidal, Seamus Heaney, and Michael Wood. This title, Italo Calvino, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Italo Calvino through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title f... more »eatures a short biography on Italo Calvino, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.« less