The flower of youth : Pier Paolo Pasolini poems / Mary di Michele.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Di Michele, Mary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian poetry.

Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 1922-1975.

Pasolini, Pier Paolo.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (89 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ont. : ECW Press, 2011.

Summary:

Written as a kind of historical narrative in verse, the poems in this collection depict the coming of age and sexual awareness of the great Italian writer and film director, Pier Paolo Pasolini. The time of this story is World War II; the place is German-occupied northern Italy. Unlike his younger brother, Guido, who took up arms to fight in the resistance, Pasolini chose to help his mother set up a school for the boys too young to fight or be conscripted. The situation ignited an internal war for the young Pasolini that nearly eclipsed the historical moment: a battle within bet

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Table of Contents; I | Prologue: The Flower and the Book; II | Impure Acts; III | After Pasolini; IV | Epilogue: The Book; Sources; Acknowledgements; Back Matter; Back Cover

Notes:

"MisFit."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-77090-107-8

OCLC:

726556316