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Pavese indifferente? Parentele segrete fra Gli indifferenti e Il diavolo sulle colline
Lorenzo Marchesesubject
History of Italian Culture in 1940Alberto MoraviaLiterary CriticismCesare PaveseContemporary Italian Literaturedescription
The article offers a comparison between Alberto Moravia and Cesare Pavese on the basis of two novels: The Time of Indifference (1929) and The Devil in the Hills (1949). After sketching the unfriendly relationship between these writers, I aim to show how close The Devil in the Hills was to Moravia’s poetics through the analysis of themes, imagery and literary ascendance. The essay ends with a close reading of Moravia’s article “Pavese decadente” (1954), generally neglected by critics: its flaws and contradictions help us to understand how close Pavese and Moravia were at a certain moment, despite their plain, mutual animosity.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-01 |