Cesare Pavese Summary

Cesare Pavese (1908-1950), novelist, poet, and critic, ranks as perhaps the most important Italian novelist of the 20th century. His work fuses considerations of poetic and epic representation, the th... Read more

Few writers in Italy in the twentieth century rival Cesare Pavese for receiving the uninterrupted and undiminished attention of literary critics and the petulant curiosity of the mass media. Indeed, P... Read more

In the following review, the critic depicts Summer Storm as a self-portrait of Pavese, who the reviewer describes as a man who found it difficult to love or to be happy. Cesare Pavese's persona... Read more

Below, Canadian educator and author Hutcheon studies characterization in Pavese's fiction, contending that it is consistent with his artistic aims. When Pavese begins a story, a fable, a book, ... Read more

In the following review, Girelli-Carasi provides a favorable assessment of Stories, examining the themes and plots of the tales in the collection. The works of Cesare Pavese remain among the most wide... Read more

In the excerpt below, originally published in Italian in 1960, Lajolo discusses Pavese's portrayal of women in his writings. During his final university years, Pavese had an encounter that woul... Read more

In the following excerpt, Foster examines Pavese's use of "the hills " as both a poetic setting and as a basis for reality in Lavorare stanca. Cesare Pavese in Lavorare stanc... Read more

In the following excerpt, Sadoff lauds William Arrowsmith 's English translation of Hard Labor and explores various aspects of Pavese's poetry. The great Italian poet, Cesare Pavese, has... Read more