Alberto Moravia (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)
Other Literary Forms
Though he is known primarily as a novelist, especially outside Italy, Alberto Moravia was equally productive as a short-story writer. Not available in translation until the 1950’s, Moravia’s short stories brought him considerable recognition in his own country. The majority of Moravia’s short stories appeared in collected form, usually after an initial publication in a literary journal or newspaper, in the following volumes: La bella vita (1935), L’epidema (1944), Due cortigiane (1945), Racconti romani (1954; Roman...
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