A good European. Richard Aldington and Italy

Bolchi, E. (2019) A good European. Richard Aldington and Italy. In: Tortora, M. and Volpone, A. (eds.) Borders of Modernism. European Modernism (5). Morlacchi Editore, Perugia, pp. 237-258. ISBN 9788893921060

Abstract/Summary

When speaking about literature ‘crossing the borders’, one can refer to the actual journey abroad made by an artist – sometimes ending in (self)exile, as well as the reception of an artist in a foreign country. Richard Aldington is an intriguing figure to be studied from both points of view. Poet, translator from Italian and French, biographer and best-selling novelist, he travelled a lot around Italy with his wife to be Hilda Doolittle (H.D.) and therefore had first-hand knowledge of the country. He was very fond of Italy and its culture, and considered himself ‘a friend of Italy’, as it emerges from his letters and his novels. This essay analyses the presence and the role of Italy in Richard Aldington’s life and work – particularly his novel All Men Are Enemies – through a comparison with its Italian translation, published in a censored version under the fascist regime.

Item Type	Book or Report Section
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/88752
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Literature and Languages > Languages and Cultures > Italian Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Literature and Languages > English Literature
Uncontrolled Keywords	Richard Aldington, Censorship, Italy, Reception, Translation
Publisher	Morlacchi Editore
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