The New Avant-Garde in Italy : Theoretical Debate and Poetic Practices /
Picchione, John
The New Avant-Garde in Italy : Theoretical Debate and Poetic Practices / John Picchione. - 1 online resource (310 p.) - Toronto Italian Studies .
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
The debate on literature and the arts provoked by the Italian neoavant-garde (neoavanguardia) is undoubtedly one of the most animated and controversial the country has witnessed from World War II to the present. Comprising the period between the late 1950s and the late 1960s, the phenomenon of the neoavanguardia involved key writers, critics, and artists, both as insiders ? Sanguineti, Balestrini, Guglielmi, Eco, and others ? and adversaries such as Pasolini, Calvino, and Moravia.In The New Avant-Garde in Italy ? the first book in English to document the movement ? John Picchione's objective is twofold: to provide a comprehensive analysis of the theoretical tenets that inform the works of the neoavanguardia and to show how they are applied to the poetic practices of its authors. The neoavanguardia cannot, Picchione argues, be defined as a movement with a unified program expressed in the form of manifestos or shared theoretical principles. It experiences irreconcilable internal conflicts that are explored as a split between two main blocs ? one that is tied to the project of modernity, the other to post-modern aesthetic postures. This study suggests that some of the contentious views proposed by the neoavanguardia anticipated a wide range of issues that continue to be significant and pressing to this day.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780802089946 9781442681835
10.3138/9781442681835 doi
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--Italy.
Experimental poetry, Italian--History and criticism.
Italian poetry--History and criticism.--20th century
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian.
PQ4113 / .P43 2004eb
851/.91409
The New Avant-Garde in Italy : Theoretical Debate and Poetic Practices / John Picchione. - 1 online resource (310 p.) - Toronto Italian Studies .
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
The debate on literature and the arts provoked by the Italian neoavant-garde (neoavanguardia) is undoubtedly one of the most animated and controversial the country has witnessed from World War II to the present. Comprising the period between the late 1950s and the late 1960s, the phenomenon of the neoavanguardia involved key writers, critics, and artists, both as insiders ? Sanguineti, Balestrini, Guglielmi, Eco, and others ? and adversaries such as Pasolini, Calvino, and Moravia.In The New Avant-Garde in Italy ? the first book in English to document the movement ? John Picchione's objective is twofold: to provide a comprehensive analysis of the theoretical tenets that inform the works of the neoavanguardia and to show how they are applied to the poetic practices of its authors. The neoavanguardia cannot, Picchione argues, be defined as a movement with a unified program expressed in the form of manifestos or shared theoretical principles. It experiences irreconcilable internal conflicts that are explored as a split between two main blocs ? one that is tied to the project of modernity, the other to post-modern aesthetic postures. This study suggests that some of the contentious views proposed by the neoavanguardia anticipated a wide range of issues that continue to be significant and pressing to this day.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780802089946 9781442681835
10.3138/9781442681835 doi
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--Italy.
Experimental poetry, Italian--History and criticism.
Italian poetry--History and criticism.--20th century
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian.
PQ4113 / .P43 2004eb
851/.91409