Poetry on Stage - The Theatre of the Italian Neo-Avant-Garde

Based on meticulous research in the archives of some of the most prominent Italian avant-garde writers, Poetry on Stage examines the literary and ideological climate of the sixties and seventies.

List of contents

Introduction
Note on Terminology
1. Why the Theatre? The Role of the Stage in the Theoretical Debate Surrounding the Poetry and Poetics of the Neo-Avant-Garde
2. The Italian Stage in the 1960s
3. A Few Theoretical Notes on Breath and Text
4. An Introduction to Pagliarani’s Theatre
5. Collaborations and Convergences: Pagliarani, Giuliani, Celli, and Sanguineti
Interview with Valentina Valentini
Interview with Pippo Di Marca
Interview with Nanni Balestrini
Interview with Giuliano Scabia
Works Cited

About the author

By Gianluca Rizzo

Summary

Based on meticulous research in the archives of some of the most prominent Italian avant-garde writers, Poetry on Stage examines the literary and ideological climate of the sixties and seventies.

Product details

• Authors: Gianluca Rizzo
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781487506667
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-0666-7
• No. of pages: 472
• Series: Toronto Italian Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies