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A Test of Powers: Writings on Criticism and Literary Institutions

A Test of Powers: Writings on Criticism and Literary Institutions

Fortini, Franco
Toscano, Alberto

Paperback

Series: Italian List

Literary Criticism

Publisher Price: $29.00

ISBN10: 1803095954
ISBN13: 9781803095950
Publisher: Seagull Books
Published: Nov 5 2025
Pages: 468
Weight: 1.49
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A foundational work of Italian intellectual life that blends political essays and literary criticism, anticipating key debates of the New Left and exploring the intersection of ideology and literature.

Originally published in Italian in 1965, A Test of Powers was immediately seen as one of the central texts of Italian intellectual life. By the time of the 1968 student revolts, it was clear that Franco Fortini had anticipated many of the themes and concerns of the New Left, which was no surprise, given that Fortini had spent more than two decades immersed in fierce ideological debates over anti-Fascism, organizing the alliance between progressivism and literature and other topics that found their way into A Test of Powers. In addition to politically focused essays, the book also features writings on a range of authors who influenced Fortini, including Franz Kafka, Boris Pasternak, Eric Auerbach, Marcel Proust, and Bertolt Brecht.

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