L'Analisi Linguistica e Letteraria

Year 29 No. 3 (2021): Issue 3/2021
Articles

The Anglo-Italian Afterlives of the Finzi-Continis. Tim Parks reads Giorgio Bassani

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  • Paola Spinozzi
Paola Spinozzi
Università di Ferrara

Published 01/13/2022

Keywords

  • Giorgio Bassani,
  • Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini,
  • Tim Parks,
  • Jewish Italian writer,
  • British reception,
  • Holocaust,
  • Second World War
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Spinozzi, P. (2022). The Anglo-Italian Afterlives of the Finzi-Continis. Tim Parks reads Giorgio Bassani. L’Analisi Linguistica E Letteraria, 29(3). Retrieved from https://www.analisilinguisticaeletteraria.eu/index.php/ojs/article/view/206

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Abstract

The reception of Giorgio Bassani’s work in Anglophone countries reveals a discrepancy between America and Europe. The reasons for the warm American and tepid British reception of Bassani will be addressed and Tim Parks’ work as a mediator will be investigated. Parks’ study of Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini and the controversy caused by his specific reading will illuminate why Bassani’s rendition of history and predilection for North American culture have shaped the British reception of his work.

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