Inspiring Fellini: Literary Collaborations Behind the Scenes

Introduction

• A Not So Solitary Genius: Traversing Authorial Politics and Methodological Anxieties
• An Ambiguous Adherence: Esotericism in Fellini's Work and Collaborations

1 Tullio Pinelli

• Neutralizing Tragedy: A Pattern from La strada On
• A Metaphysical Fellowship: Transcending Christianity
• Nothing but Images: La voce della luna

2 Ennio Flaiano

• Frivolously Yours: The Public Dispute over Authorship
• The Self as Monster: Satire and Compassion in La dolce vita
• A Light in the Night: Negotiating Epiphany from I vitelloni to 8 1/2

3 Bernardino Zapponi

• The Script as Collage: The Unbound Notebooks of the 1970s
• Popular Culture and Neurosis: Toby Dammit and Beyond

4 The Poets

• An Organic Mind: Brunello Rondi from La dolce vita to Provad'orchestra
• You Are My Labyrinth: The Poetic Brotherhood with Pier Paolo Pasolini
• Eroticism as Dream and Nightmare: A Dialogue with Brunello Rondi
• Remembering Corporality: Tonino Guerra in Amarcord and E la nave va
• Maternal Pre-grammaticality: Pasolini, Guerra, and Zanzotto

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index