Dos Passos’s U.S.A. Trilogy in Italy. The Declining Trajectory of an American Modernist on the Italian Book Publishing Market and Mondadori’s ‘buchi nell’acqua’ (1933-1960)
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2020
Citazione:
Dos Passos’s U.S.A. Trilogy in Italy. The Declining Trajectory of an American Modernist on the Italian Book Publishing Market and Mondadori’s ‘buchi nell’acqua’ (1933-1960) / C. Scarpino. - In: LETTERATURA E LETTERATURE. - ISSN 1971-906X. - 14:(2020), pp. 119-137. [10.19272/202009801009]
Abstract:
John Dos Passos’s Italian publishing history between the 1930s and 1950s –
when his work was translated and published by Mondadori – traces a quick downward
trajectory in terms of both critical reception and commercial success. In the years preceding
the second world conflict, Dos Passos occupies an anomalous position in the modern
(and modernist) canon of American literature shaped by Cesare Pavese and Elio Vittorini
for the Italian literary field. His work was consigned to critical and public oblivion by end
of the Second World War. By examining archival documents available at the Fondazione
Arnoldo e Alberto in Milan, and Pavese’s and Vittorini’s essays and letters, my analysis
will address how Pavese’s critical understanding of Dos Passos’s u.s.a. trilogy, his exclusion
of from the anthology Americana and his mainly non-fictional output in the 1940s and
1950s were contributing factors to the increasingly scarce critical and commercial appeal
in Italy.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
John Dos Passos; u.s.a. trilogy; Italian publishing market; Mondadori; Cesare Pavese; Elio Vittorini;
Elenco autori:
C. Scarpino
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