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'Neoavanguardia': Italian Experimental Literature and Arts in the 1960s
Contributor(s): Chirumbolo, Paolo (Author), Moroni, Mario (Author), Somigli, Luca (Author)

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ISBN: 080209998X     ISBN-13: 9780802099983
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
OUR PRICE: $91.20  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | European - Italian
- Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory
Dewey: 850.900
Series: Toronto Italian Studies (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.9" W x 9.1" L (1.41 lbs) 336 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Italy
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Recycled Paper, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Choice 05/01/2011
 
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The Italian neoavanguardia, a literary and artistic movement characterized by a strong push towards experimentation, playfulness, and new forms of language usage, was founded at the beginning of the 1960s by a group of poets, critics, artists, and composers. Although the neoavanguardia movement has been primarily defined and examined in a literary context, it is broadly discussed in this collection as also affecting other artistic forms such as the visual arts, music, and architecture.

In examining this often controversial movement, Neoavanguardia's contributors include topics such as critical-theoretical debates, the crisis of literature as defined within the movement, and issues of gender in 1960s Italian art and literature. This important collection interrogates the arts as creative codes, their ability to question reality, and their capacity to survive. In so doing, it paves the way for future interdisciplinary investigations of this complex cultural formation.


Contributor Bio(s): Chirumbolo, Paolo: - Paolo Chirumbolo is an assistant professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Louisiana State University.

Moroni, Mario: - Mario Moroni is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Modern Romance Languages and Literatures at SUNY Birmingham.

Somigli, Luca: -

Luca Somigli is an associate professor in the Department of Italian Studies at the University of Toronto.


 
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