Le Ceneri Di Gramsci by Pier Paolo Pasolini
A cycle of poems set in postwar Italy that meditates on political commitment, erotic desire, and spiritual doubt, framed by a visit to a revolutionary’s grave in Rome. The speaker confronts the tension between bourgeois origins and a longing for solidarity with the marginalized, capturing the vitality and hardship of urban life. Lyrical yet self-critical, it blends Marxist reflection with intimate confession to probe the limits of ideology, the pull of the body, and the moral ambiguities of engagement.
- Published
- 1957
- Nationality
- Italian
- Length
- Very Short
- Pages
- 120-160
- Original Language
- Italian
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- Alternate Titles
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- As Cinzas de Gramsci
- Die Asche Gramscis
- Las cenizas de Gramsci
- Les Cendres de Gramsci
- The Ashes of Gramsci
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