Calvino and Post-war Italy
Italy at the Crossroads, 1943-1963
The Italian Resistance and the Shaping of the Post-war Italian Intellectual
Il Politecnico 1945-1947: Culture vs Politics
Officina 1955-1959: The Poetical Potential of Politics
Il Menabo 1959-1967: Commitment at Sunset
Italo Calvino: from Neo-Realism to the Fantastic
I giovani and the Limits of Neo-realism
The Cloven Viscount and the Resources of the Fantastic
The Baron in the Trees: The Utopian Moment in Calvino's Fantastic Trilogy
Engaging the Socio-cultural Moment
The Non-Existent Knight: Obstinacy Without Illusions
Agilulfo and Ethical Subjectivity
Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will
The Watcher: The Intellectual in the Labyrinth
The Language of Paralysis
Exorcizing the Labyrinth's Lure
Conclusion: Literature as an Ethical Project
What Is Literature Good For?
Calvino and the Parable of Contemporaneity.
