Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations ix
4. Foreword xi
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Life in Poetry 1
7. On the Texts 59
8. I Da La meglio gioventù / From The Best of Youth (The Friulian Poems) 61
9. II Da L’Usignolo della Chiesa Cattolica / From The Nightingale of the Catholic Church 83
10. III Da I Diari / From The Diaries 137
11. IV Da Le ceneri di Gramsci / From Gramsci’s Ashes 151
12. V Da La Religione del mio tempo / From The Religion of My Time 219
13. VI Da Poesia in forma di rosa / From Poem in the Shape of a Rose 305
14. VII Da Trasumanar e organizzar / From Transhumanize and Organize 377
15. VIII Last Poems 429
16. Notes 449
17. Selected Bibliography and Filmography 483
18. Index of Titles and First Lines 491