Most people outside Italy know Pier Paolo Pasolini for his films, many of which began as literary works-Arabian Nights, The Gospel According to Matthew, The Decameron, and The Canterbury Tales among them. What most people are not aware of is that he was primarily a poet, publishing nineteen books of[...]

Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) was a major cultural figure in post-WWII Italy, well-known as a poet, novelist, communist intellectual, and filmmaker. "In Danger" is the first anthology in English devoted to his political and literary essays, with a generous selection of his poetry. Against the back[...]

Most people outside Italy know Pier Paolo Pasolini for his films, many of which began as literary works-Arabian Nights, The Gospel According to Matthew, The Decameron, and The Canterbury Tales among them. What most people are not aware of is that he was primarily a poet, publishing nineteen books of[...]

This cross-disciplinary volume, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Framed and Unframed, explores and complicates our understanding of Pasolini today, probing notions of otherness in his works, his media image, and his legacy. Over 40 years after his death Pier Paolo Pasolini continues to challenge and interest us[...]

Presented here for the first time in English is a remarkable screenplay about the apostle Paul by Pier Paolo Pasolini, legendary filmmaker, novelist, poet, and radical intellectual activist. Written between the appearance of his renowned film "Teorema "and the shocking, controversial "Salo, or the 1[...]

As a poet, novelist, scriptwriter, author, literary critic, essay writer and polemicist, Pier Paolo Pasolini was among the most controversial and provocative figures in the 20th century ever to have had an impact on the national and international cinema community. This title offers a tribute to the [...]

Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975). Poet, dramatiker, regissör och samtidskommentator. Katolik, kommunist och homosexuell. Hatad och fruktad. Kompromisslös och gränsöverskridande. Dödsdriven och destruktiv. Funnen mördad och bestialiskt tilltygad på stranden till Roms hamnstad Ostia. Vad i Paso[...]