Guido Avezzù
List of John Benjamins publications for which Guido Avezzù plays a role.
Articles
2020 Chapter 2. Waiting for Caesar Shakespeare and Crisis: One hundred years of Italian narratives, Bigliazzi, Silvia (ed.), pp. 51–94 | Chapter
Caesarism is a complex category, often interpreted as synonymous with imperialism and identified with the rule of strong authoritarian figures such as Napoleon, Bismarck, and Mussolini. Adopting a Gramscian perspective, this chapter argues that Caesarism identifies a far more articulated… read more
2020 Chapter 5. Allegorising and minoritising Richard III Shakespeare and Crisis: One hundred years of Italian narratives, Bigliazzi, Silvia (ed.), pp. 175–211 | Chapter
Against the backdrop of widespread topical readings of Richard III as post-war allegories of totalitarianisms ‘reconciling’ us with painful memories of trauma and monstrosity, this chapter discusses Carmelo Bene’s experiment in minoritisation as a form of political disengagement but also… read more