The Italian writer and painter Carlo Levi (1902-1975), noted as an anti-Fascist leader during Mussolini's dictatorship, scored a sensational international success with his book "Christ Stopped at Ebol...
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In the following review, Hughes asserts that The Watch “is one of the most beautiful nostalgic works to have come out of Europe recently.”
Carlo Levi's new book will never vie ...
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In the following review, Schwartz notes the lack of thematic unity in The Watch.
Many passages in Carlo Levi's The Watch have a wonderful eloquence, vividness, and vigor. Yet the book does n...
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In the following excerpt, Swados offers a negative review of The Watch.
The dust jacket of the new Carlo Levi volume describes it as “a new novel”, which is stretching the term out of...
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In the following review, Secondari comments on Levi's distance from his subject matter and the lack of facts in Words Are Stones.
As a prophet is least attended in his own home, Carlo Levi i...
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In the following review, Rugoff commends Levi's portrayal of the Sicilian people in Words Are Stones.
Having interpreted southern Italy with extraordinary understanding in Christ Stopped at ...
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In the following review, Harrison calls Words Are Stones “a perceptive and ably written book, which confers a deep insight into a storied but tortured part of the Western world.”
Each...
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In the following review, Freidin is dismayed by Levi's negative portrayal of Germany and its citizens in The Linden Trees.
Germany has many scars that go more than skin deep. Gifted, highly ...
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In the following review of The Linden Trees, Cooper praises Levi's poignant and insightful observations on post-World War II Germany.
The poet Umberto Saba has said, “After Maidenek a...
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In the following essay, Catani provides a stylistic analysis of Levi's prose works.
The resurgence over the last decade in critical studies on Levi has largely been based on a recognition th...
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In the following essay, Baldassaro offers an overview of Paura della libertà, perceiving it as “a watershed moment” in his literary development.
Long before the Resistance move...
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In the following essay, Ward examines Levi's journalistic and political writings and traces the development of his work.
Paura Della Libertà: Carlo Levi, Resistance, and Creativity
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In the following essay, Raffa explores Levi's anthropological vision in light of the theories of Victor Turner and René Girard.
Written in 19351, the year of Carlo Levi's exile...
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In the following review, Mandel outlines the major thematic concerns of Of Fear and Freedom.
Carlo Levi is now known in this country for his brilliant Christ Stopped at Eboli, a sociological, anthr...
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In the following review, Edman offers a negative assessment of Of Fear and Freedom.
The author of Christ Stopped at Eboli commands the interested attention of anyone who read that wise and touching...
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In the following review, White maintains that The Watch is a well-written and worthwhile book.
Carlo Levi, the gifted author of Christ Stopped at Eboli, has written another book about Italy. Its ob...
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In the following review, Keene provides a laudatory assessment of The Watch and views it within the context of Levi's oeuvre.
First of all, of course, this isn't a novel, as the jacke...
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In the following review, Match derides the lack of characterization in The Watch.
On page 68 of The Watch, Carlo Levi (speaking through one of his characters) expresses an opinion about Tolstoy. I ...
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Carlo Levi
Critical Review by Serge Hughes
