EJGS Resources – Gadda on Gadda Readings

Primary Readings
A selection of Gadda on Gadda writings must include:
Tendo al mio fine
(Gadda 1931h, RR I 119-23) –
the opening piece of Il castello di Udine (1934);

Una tigre nel parco
(Gadda 1936b, SGF I 74-79);

Come lavoro
(Gadda 1950a, SGF I 427-43);

Un’opinione sul neorealismo
(Gadda 1951c, SGF I 629-30);

Intervista al microfono
(Gadda1951d, SGF I 502-05);

Il pasticciaccio
(Gadda 1957e, SGF I 506-11);

è nato a Milano
– autobiographical note for Quer pasticciaccio
(Gadda 1957g, SGF II 872);

L’editore chiede venia del recupero chiamando in causa l’autore
(Gadda 1963a, RR I 759-65);

Incantagione e paura
(Gadda 1966b, SGF I 1213-15).

Secondary Readings
On self-portrayal by a divided self see Andreini 1993: 93-99.
On the humorist’s self-caricature see Roscioni 1995a: 197-213; The Modern Macaronic (Sbragia 1996a: 1-27).
On the doubling (or splitting) of Gadda’s discourse see Bertone 1993: 83-103; Riatsch 1995: 307-34; Stellardi 1995a: 343-62.

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