Italian Neorealism - A Cultural History

This book seeks to redefine, recontextualize, and reassess Italian neorealism - an artistic movement characterized by stories set among the poor and working class - through innovative close readings and comparative analysis.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. What Was Neorealism?
2. Renewal through Conservation: Neorealism after Fascism
3. Chronicle and Tragedy: The Neorealist Representation of History
4. From I to We: Neorealism’s Choral Politics
Conclusion
Works Cited
Index

About the author

Charles L. Leavitt IV is an assistant professor of Italian at the University of Notre Dame.

Summary

This book seeks to redefine, recontextualize, and reassess Italian neorealism – an artistic movement characterized by stories set among the poor and working class – through innovative close readings and comparative analysis.

Product details

• Authors: Charles L Leavitt, Charles L. Leavitt, Charles L Leavitt IV, Charles L. Leavitt IV
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781487507107
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-0710-7
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Toronto Italian Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Italienisch, Italien, Kunst, allgemein, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian, Literature - Classics / Criticism, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, ART / European