The Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies is a two-volume reference book containing
some 600 entries on all aspects of Italian literary culture. It includes analytical essays on …

Italian cinemas after the war were filled by audiences who had come to watch domestically-
produced films of passion and pathos. These highly emotional and consciously theatrical …

Italy Today is a concise narrative of the nation's stunning transformation from the ashes of
World War II to the leading economic and cultural power it is today. This book provides …

Queer Italy is the first multi-methodological inquiry into the historical, political and
representational contexts behind the current plea for civil unions that queers advocate in …

Marco Bellocchio is one of Italy's most important and prolific directors, with a career
spanning five decades. In this book, Clodagh J. Brook explores the boundaries between the …

Since the beginning, much of Italian cinema has been sustained by transforming literature
into moving images. This tradition of literary adaptation continues today, challenging artistic …

Each time a border is crossed there are cultural, political and social issues to be considered.
Applying the metaphor of the 'border crossing'from one temporal or spatial territory into …

Through my analysis of literary works, I endeavor to bring to the fore a cultural and
intellectual counter-hegemonic discourse that came to be articulated by three Sicilian writers …

Episode films, otherwise known as anthology, omnibus, portmanteau, or sketch films, are
unique in the history of cinema. At once unified and fragmented, singular and multiple, these …

Este artículo ofrece un análisis comparativo del cuento “La autopista del sur”(1959) de Julio
Cortázar y dos largometrajes que lo retoman: Week-end (1967) de Jean-Luc Godard y …