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Alberto Moravia and Italian Fascism: Censorship, Racism and Le ambizioni sbagliate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2016

George Talbot
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Alberto Moravia was an ambiguous figure for the Fascists. His first novel, Gli Indifferenti, was an international success, and was praised by Bottai. His second novel, Le ambizioni sbagliate, ran into difficulties with Fascist censorship. His maternal uncle was a member of Mussolini's government. His paternal first cousins were Carlo and Nello Rosselli. This essay explores Moravia's relations with the regime in the light of archival evidence, contemporary ‘revisions’ of his reputation and recent controversy over his letters to Ciano and Mussolini.

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Modern Italy , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , June 2006 , pp. 127 - 145
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