LA PRODUZIONE NARRATIVA DI ALBERTO VIGEVANI E IL SUO SPAZIO NEL SISTEMA LETTERARIO CONTEMPORANEO
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description: The narrative literature of Alberto Vigevani (Milan, 1918-1999) extends over a large period. His novels are published by the biggest publishing houses, and spread among both the critics and the public. Vigevani's narrative model conforms with the one of the inner life and memory literature that arises from the reviews «Solaria» and «Letteratura» in Florence, during the Twenties and Thirties. Throughout the years, the writer is faithful to this model, followed to compose narratives set in Milan at the time of his childhood, as part of the upper Hebraic middle class between the two world wars. As a consequence, Vigevani is considered an elegant keeper of this heritage. His narrative production focuses mainly on taste, conforming to the elitist and aristocratic literature, and it is a thoughtful and poetic reminder of these nuclei of memory. It insists on the characters' inner life, with no references to the dimension of social relations. Vigevani addresses to a distinguished public, by sharing this heritage, this system of values, this imagination, and taste. This research aims to investigate how Vigevani keeps a place in the literary system of the second part of XX century, when his narrative production becomes progressively outdated. What emerges from this study is the variety of keys used by publishers to interpret his novels. Through those, in the late Fifties, Vigevani's production shares the success of the «Italian best seller». It is then discussed how Vigevani's work persists in the literature because of the enphatization of his out-dateness. Vigevani is considered a classical and elegant writer: his production is placed outside the taste of the moment, and because of this, it can survive its mutations, similarly to a precious antique. / La narrativa di Alberto Vigevani (Milano, 1918-1999) si colloca in un arco cronologico ampio; i suoi romanzi sono pubblicati dai maggiori editori, e ottengono una buona visibilità presso i critici e il pubblico. Il modello di…
abstract: The narrative literature of Alberto Vigevani (Milan, 1918-1999) extends over a large period. His novels are published by the biggest publishing houses, and spread among both the critics and the public. Vigevani's narrative model conforms with the one of the inner life and memory literature that arises from the reviews «Solaria» and «Letteratura» in Florence, during the Twenties and Thirties. Throughout the years, the writer is faithful to this model, followed to compose narratives set in Milan at the time of his childhood, as part of the upper Hebraic middle class between the two world wars. As a consequence, Vigevani is considered an elegant keeper of this heritage. His narrative production focuses mainly on taste, conforming to the elitist and aristocratic literature, and it is a thoughtful and poetic reminder of these nuclei of memory. It insists on the characters' inner life, with no references to the dimension of social relations. Vigevani addresses to a distinguished public, by sharing this heritage, this system of values, this imagination, and taste. This research aims to investigate how Vigevani keeps a place in the literary system of the second part of XX century, when his narrative production becomes progressively outdated. What emerges from this study is the variety of keys used by publishers to interpret his novels. Through those, in the late Fifties, Vigevani's production shares the success of the «Italian best seller». It is then discussed how Vigevani's work persists in the literature because of the enphatization of his out-dateness. Vigevani is considered a classical and elegant writer: his production is placed outside the taste of the moment, and because of this, it can survive its mutations, similarly to a precious antique. / La narrativa di Alberto Vigevani (Milano, 1918-1999) si colloca in un arco cronologico ampio; i suoi romanzi sono pubblicati dai maggiori editori, e ottengono una buona visibilità presso i critici e il pubblico. Il modello di…
author: FUMAGALLI, MARCO
language: ita
keywords: Alberto Vigevani, romanzo, narrativa italiana, cultura editoriale, sistema letterario, Settore L-FIL-LET/11 - Letteratura Italiana Contemporanea
date published: 2011-02-17
date modified: 2026-07-27T20:19:15Z
provider: Università degli Studi di Milano
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Università degli Studi di Milano

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value: http://hdl.handle.net/2434/153100

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value: 10.13130/fumagalli-marco_phd2011-02-17