'Neoavanguardia'

Italian Experimental Literature and Arts in the 1960s

Paolo Chirumbolo, Mario Moroni, Luca Somigli

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University of Toronto Press
21 September 2010

Literary theory; Literary studies: general; Semiotics & semiology

Series: Toronto Italian Studies

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.

By: Paolo Chirumbolo, Mario Moroni, Luca Somigli
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 640g
ISBN: 9780802099983
ISBN 10: 080209998X
Series: Toronto Italian Studies
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 21 September 2010
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Paolo Chirumbolo is an assistant professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Louisiana State University. Mario Moroni is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Modern Romance Languages and Literatures at SUNY Birmingham. Luca Somigli is an associate professor in the Department of Italian Studies at the University of Toronto.

Reviews for 'Neoavanguardia': Italian Experimental Literature and Arts in the 1960s

'This is an excellent collection of essays on a movement encompassing some of the most significant cultural phenomena of the second half of the twentieth century. From the new novel to experimental music, from poetry to architecture, combining reflections on gender and sexuality with philosophy and politics, Neoavanguardia brilliantly enlivens the study of Italian avant-garde experimentalism in an international context.'--John P. Welle, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Notre Dame