Giovannino Guareschi, Italia Provvisoria [Provisional Italy]

Alan Perry (Gettysburg College)

Ed. by Jo Ann Cavallo, Columbia University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.1: Italian Writing and Culture, 453-present.
Vol. editors: Carla Bregman (Independent Scholar - North America), Jo Ann Cavallo (Columbia University)

Domains

History writing
Journalism

Dates

First circulation or publication 1947

Places

Italy (Publication/ performance)

Genres and Modes

Fable
Folk Literature
Parody
Satire

Resources

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In November 1947 Giovannino Guareschi published the album

Italia provvisoria

[

Provisional Italy

] to document Italy’s tumultuous two-year post-World War II reconstruction period (the

dopoguerra

). Its literary presentation and style is informal — that of a scrapbook with witty short stories, photostatic reproductions of newspaper headlines, and photograph collages. Guareschi wanted the book to remind future generations about what took place in Italian society as the country came to grips with the material wounds of the war, its Fascist past, and a potential Communist seizure of power:

Questo volumetto non ha pretese di nessun genere: vuol essere semplicemente un promemoria. Sfogliando queste pagine sarà agevole ritrovare il clima e il disagio del dopoguerra. E ciò può essere molto

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Citation: Perry, Alan. "Italia Provvisoria". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 28 June 2013 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35005, accessed 21 November 2024.]