The american myth in the work of Cesare Pavese and his inheritance in the Italian song of the seventies

In the 1930s a generation of Italian writers and intellectuals looked towards the North American culture to escape from the hardship of the Fascist officiality. Cesare Pavese was a main character of this stage, through several translations (Melville, Fawlkner, among others) and essays on American li...

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Main Author: Leonardo Vilei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2012-02-01
Series:Cuadernos de Filología Italiana
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Online Access:http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CFIT/article/view/37521
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spelling doaj-b6e7f9f357b54d8e8cb5cf07a7ed249c2020-11-25T02:10:27ZengUniversidad Complutense de MadridCuadernos de Filología Italiana1133-95271988-23942012-02-010036937510.5209/rev_CFIT.2011.3752137381The american myth in the work of Cesare Pavese and his inheritance in the Italian song of the seventiesLeonardo Vilei0Universidad Nacional de Educación DistanciaIn the 1930s a generation of Italian writers and intellectuals looked towards the North American culture to escape from the hardship of the Fascist officiality. Cesare Pavese was a main character of this stage, through several translations (Melville, Fawlkner, among others) and essays on American literature. A young Fernanda Pivano, through her friendship with Pavese, continued this work, maintaining alive in Italy the encounter with the American culture, both in literature and in popular music. Her influence can be detected in the music of many songwriter, as Fabrizio De André.http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CFIT/article/view/37521Paveseliteratura americanafascismoPivanocantautoresDe André.
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The american myth in the work of Cesare Pavese and his inheritance in the Italian song of the seventies
Cuadernos de Filología Italiana
Pavese
literatura americana
fascismo
Pivano
cantautores
De André.
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title The american myth in the work of Cesare Pavese and his inheritance in the Italian song of the seventies
title_short The american myth in the work of Cesare Pavese and his inheritance in the Italian song of the seventies
title_full The american myth in the work of Cesare Pavese and his inheritance in the Italian song of the seventies
title_fullStr The american myth in the work of Cesare Pavese and his inheritance in the Italian song of the seventies
title_full_unstemmed The american myth in the work of Cesare Pavese and his inheritance in the Italian song of the seventies
title_sort american myth in the work of cesare pavese and his inheritance in the italian song of the seventies
publisher Universidad Complutense de Madrid
series Cuadernos de Filología Italiana
issn 1133-9527
1988-2394
publishDate 2012-02-01
description In the 1930s a generation of Italian writers and intellectuals looked towards the North American culture to escape from the hardship of the Fascist officiality. Cesare Pavese was a main character of this stage, through several translations (Melville, Fawlkner, among others) and essays on American literature. A young Fernanda Pivano, through her friendship with Pavese, continued this work, maintaining alive in Italy the encounter with the American culture, both in literature and in popular music. Her influence can be detected in the music of many songwriter, as Fabrizio De André.
topic Pavese
literatura americana
fascismo
Pivano
cantautores
De André.
url http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CFIT/article/view/37521
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