Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Literature and the Arts in the 1960s: An Introduction 3
4. Part I: The Cultural Debate
5. 1. Subverting Literature: Literary Theory and Critical Discourse in the Italian Neoavanguardia 21
6. 2. Neoavanguardia and Postmodernism: Oscillations between Innovation and Tradition from 1963 to 2003 38
7. 3. Parasurrealism and Technological Utopia: The Project of Malebolge 74
8. Part II: Revisiting Literature
9. 4. The ‘New’ Novel of the Neoavanguardia 99
10. 5. Revolution in Flatland: Giorgio Manganelli’s Critique of the Avant-garde 123
11. 6. The Poetry of the Neoavanguardia and the Materiality of Language 149
12. 7. Language, Gender, and Sexuality in the Neoavanguardia 171
13. 8. Giulia Niccolai: A Wide-Angle Portrait 212
14. Part III: Beyond Literature
15. 9. Signs and Designs: Sanguineti and Baj from Laborintus to The Biggest Art-Book in the World 233
16. 10. Gruppo 63 and Music: A Complex Relationship 254
17. 11. Superstudio Double-Take: Rescue Operations in the Realms of Architecture 283
18. Contributors 321