1861-1928
Italo Svevo , novelist and playwright. died in a motor accident 50 years ago. Encouraged by James Joyce , he was one of the first writers to employ, however ironically. Freud's psychoanalytical methods as a framework to a novel. Lo Coscienza di Zeno (Carlo Ardito 's dramatisation: Wed 9.40 pm).
Brian Moloney. Professor of Italian at Hull University and author of Italo Svevo , a Critical Introduction, talks about Svevo's life, his place in literature and about La Coscienza....