Industrial Literature and Authors: Labor, Factory Utopias and Testimonial Intent

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 Utopia and Labor: Modernity, Industrialization, and Alienation
	1.1 Links between Utopia and Labor: Modernity and the Democratization of Utopia
	1.2 Utopian Socialism: The Industrial Revolution and the Evolution of Utopia
	1.3 Marxism, Utopia, and Alienation
Chapter 2 Adriano Olivetti: Visions of Utopia and Labor
	2.1 Adriano Olivetti: The Entrepreneur and the Quest for the Future
	2.2 The Establishment and Evolution of Olivetti’s Utopia: The Foundation of the Movimento di Comunità
	2.3 The Principle of Threes: Italian Intellectuals and the Factory-Community
Chapter 3 Utopia and Literature: Industrial Literary Production in Italy
	3.1 The Industrial Novel and Marxist Literary Theory
	3.2 Italian Fiction and Its Relationship with Labor
	3.3 Una visita in fabbrica: Italian Industrial Literature between Neorealism and Experimental Writing
	3.4 Italian Industrial Literature: A Problematic Codification
Chapter 4 Testimonial Realism: Industrial Literature and Testimonial Intent
	4.1 Italian Industrial Literature as a Form of Realism
	4.2 The Rise of Testimonial Realism: The Olivettian Authors as Witnesses to Factory Life
	4.3 Industrial Authors: Differences and Similarities
	4.4 The Factory as a Utopian Place
Chapter 5 The (Un)Happy Factory: Ottieri’s Donnarumma all’assalto
	5.1 Ottiero Ottieri, the Author and the Narrator
	5.2 Utopia and Its Limits
	5.3 Female Representation in Ottieri’s Donnarumma all’assalto
	5.4 The Carnival: The Factory as Utopian Place
	5.5 ‘La disoccupazione sempre divide’: The Limits of Utopia
Chapter 6 Paolo Volponi from Utopia to Dystopia: Memoriale and Le mosche del capitale
	6.1 Paolo Volponi from Utopia to Testimonial Intent
	6.2 The Multifaceted Factory: Memoriale
	6.3 Le mosche del capitale and Testimonial Intent
	6.4 Le mosche del capitale and the Failure of Utopia
Conclusion
Index