Federico Pacchioni is the Sebastian Paul and Marybelle Musco Endowed Professor in Italian Studies in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Chapman University.

• Introduction A Not So Solitary Genius: Traversing Authorial Politics and Methodological AnxietiesAn Ambiguous Adherence: Esotericism in Fellini’s Work and Collaborations1 Tullio Pinelli Neutralizing Tragedy: A Pattern from La strada OnA Metaphysical Fellowship: Transcending ChristianityNothing but Images: La voce della luna2 Ennio Flaiano Frivolously Yours: The Public Dispute over AuthorshipThe Self as Monster: Satire and Compassion in La dolce vitaA Light in the Night: Negotiating Epiphany from I vitelloni to 8 1/23 Bernardino Zapponi The Script as Collage: The Unbound Notebooks of the 1970sPopular Culture and Neurosis: Toby Dammit and Beyond4 The Poets An Organic Mind: Brunello Rondi from La dolce vita to Provad’orchestraYou Are My Labyrinth: The Poetic Brotherhood with Pier Paolo PasoliniEroticism as Dream and Nightmare: A Dialogue with Brunello RondiRemembering Corporality: Tonino Guerra in Amarcord and E la nave vaMaternal Pre-grammaticality: Pasolini, Guerra, and ZanzottoConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

‘Pacchioni’s book meritoriously sheds new light both on Fellini and on (supposed) authorship in film, presenting critical portraits of strong individualities that open to possible investigation both on these very authors and on the social imagery they contributed to shape.’- Andrea Malagut (Italica vol 92:01:2015) ‘Wonderfully scholarly study, whose coherent approach to Fellini’s work is one of the most rewarding I have read on the subject.’- Christopher Wagstaff (Modern Language Review vol 111:03:2016) ‘The book creatively combines detailed archival research and analysis of Fellini’s dream diary… Pacchioni’s work is significant and important.’- MaoHui Deng (Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies – vol 3:03:2015)