Biography

Consoli, Joseph P. Essay on Pasolini in Gay & Lesbian Literature, St. James Press, 19, pp. 291-94.

Presents an overview of Pasolini's life and career, including consideration of his homosexuality and its impact on his work.

Criticism

Bongie, Chris. "A Postscript to Transgression: The Exotic Legacy of Pier Paolo Pasolini." In his Exotic Memories: Literature, Colonialism, and the Fin de Siècle, pp. 188-228. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1991.

Analyzes Pasolini's relationship with the Third World in his work.

Capozzi, Frank. "Pier Paolo Pasolini: An Introduction to the Translations." Canadian Journal of Italian Studies 5, No. 1-2 (Fall/Winter 1981–82): 109-13.

Provides a brief overview of Pasolini's life and career.

Casarino, Cesare. "Oedipus Exploded: Pasolini and the Myth of Modernization." October, No. 59 (Winter 1992): 27-47.

States that "Pasolini in Edipo Re, rather than rewriting the myth of Oedipus, writes a myth of the myth of Oedipus: the focus shifts from Oedipus to the myth itself as a narrative practice."

Michalczyk, John J. "Pier Paolo Pasolini: The Epical-Religious Cinema of Political Sexuality." In his The Italian Political Filmmakers, pp. 64-107. Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1986.

Discusses Pasoiini's aesthetic and personal evolution and the provocative nature of his work.

Pivato, Joseph. "Cultural Differences." Canadian Literature, No. 138/139 (Fall/Winter 1993): pp. 146-47.

Favorably reviews Antonio Mazza's translation of some of Pasolini's selected poetry.