Charles L. Leavitt IV
@clliv.bsky.social
William Payden Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and Associate Director of the Center for Italian Studies, U. of Notre Dame.
Author of Italian Neorealism: A Cultural History (https://utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781487507107)
Author of Italian Neorealism: A Cultural History (https://utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781487507107)
Agostino degli Espinosa shaped Italian memory of the Allied occupation. I explore his doubts about Italy’s postwar future, which appear in the margins of his influential history, and emerge fully in his fiction. The critical re-evaluation of his work sheds light on Italy’s divided memories of WWII.
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Agostino degli Espinosa shaped Italian memory of the Allied occupation. I explore his doubts about Italy’s postwar future, which appear in the margins of his influential history, and emerge fully in his fiction. The critical re-evaluation of his work sheds light on Italy’s divided memories of WWII.
Reposted by Charles L. Leavitt IV
And JINGLE ALL THE WAY is just a remake of BICYCLE THIEVES with a super-happy Hollywood ending!
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
And JINGLE ALL THE WAY is just a remake of BICYCLE THIEVES with a super-happy Hollywood ending!
Reposted by Charles L. Leavitt IV
I would love it if neorealism made a comeback, but in the United States right this minute
July 23, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I would love it if neorealism made a comeback, but in the United States right this minute