A Test of Powers: Writings on Criticism and Literary Institutions

by Franco Fortini

Originally published in Italian in 1965, A Test of Powers was immediately seen as one of the central texts of Italian intellectual life. By the time of the 1968 student revolts, it was clear that Franco Fortini had anticipated many of the themes and concerns of the New Left, which is no surprise, given that Fortini had spent more than two decades immersed in fierce ideological debates over anti-Fascism, organizing, the alliance between progressivism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857423355
• ISBN13: 9780857423351
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"