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Article Excerpt
Alessandro Iovinelli. L'autore e il personaggio. L'opera metabiografica nella narativa degli ultimi trent'anni. Soveria Mannelli (Catanzaro): Rubbettino, 2004.
This book is, I would dare to say, one of the more bold and innovative studies I have read on theory that has come out of the Italian literary establishment. It exhibits an impressive sophistication overall, and it is well written yet not--as some of those who hark back to theoretical yesteryear might lament with these types of studies--aimed only at the specialist reader. It offers a bit more than 400 pages of analysis and theory, together with more than thirty pages of bibliography.
It is abundantly clear that Iovinelli possesses an impressive command of the theoretical worlds of literary and visual studies. More important, he is most adept at making sure he is rigorous in analysis, exhaustive in breadth, and clear in his language. In a sense, this book serves as an antidote, a sort of response ante litteram, to Mario Lavagetto's small essay of 2005, Eutanasia della critica, in which he bemoans for the most part what has become of literary criticism today. Unfortunately, Lavagetto and his ilk had not read, or--as sometimes happens--chose to ignore the likes of Iovinelli and his theoretical confreres.
Like any book-length critical study, L'autore e il personaggio. L'opera metabiografica nella...
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