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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808281103321

Autore

Picchione John <1949->

Titolo

The new avant-garde in Italy : theoretical debate and poetic practices / / John Picchione

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

1-281-99282-8

9786611992828

1-4426-8183-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Collana

Toronto Italian Studies

Disciplina

851.910911

Soggetti

Italian poetry - 20th century - History and criticism

Experimental poetry, Italian - History and criticism

Avant-garde (Aesthetics) - Italy

Italienisch

Italy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Poetry in Revolt: The Novissimi -- The Neoavanguardia and the Theoretical Debate -- The Gestural and Schizoid Language of Alfredo Giuliani -- Collage, Multilingualism, and Ideology: Elio Pagliarani's Epic Narratives -- Edoardo Sanguineti and the Labyrinth of Poetry -- The Poetic Nomadism of Antonio Porta -- Nanni Balestrini and the Invisibility of the Poetic 'I' -- Other Poets, Other Subversions -- Crossing the Boundaries of the Word: The Visual Poets.

Sommario/riassunto

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.