Although Italo Calvino (1923-1985) is one of the most widely read and translated Italian novelists of the century, a comprehensive analytical work in English of his writings has been unavailable until now. In this new study Angela Jeannet offers a rich and vibrant critical portrait that integrates Calvino the creative writer with Calvino the critical thinker, two roles that the novelist himself saw as intimately connected. "Under the Radiant Sun and the Crescent Moon" examines the cultural and literary matrix of Calvino's complex fictional universe, focusing on his passion for storytelling and the various stages in the evolution of his work. Calvino lived in a culture undergoing profound transformations. Jeannet traces the important creative influences and events in his life and their significance for his writing, from his cultivated bourgeois upbringing and reading of the Modernists to his confrontation with post-war industrialism, the consumer culture of the 1960s, and beyond.Throughout the study Jeannet brings to light Calvino's views on the function of storytelling in literature and society and his strong connections to the Italian poetic tradition. She also explores aspects of Calvino's work that deserve more attention, including the critically neglected Marcovaldo stories and the metaphorical role of the feminine in his fictional world.

安吉拉·M.让内 Angela M.Jeannet，富兰克林马歇尔学院罗曼斯语言学荣誉教授。

译者 杨静，诗人，出版人。南京师范大学外文系毕业。著有诗集《当诗人遇上朝圣者》，散文集《杜泽扎记》。小说集《爱上被告》。译著代表作品《寻觅中华》（余秋雨著，中译英），《意大利时光》（亨利·詹姆斯著，中国国际广播出版社），《教父》（BBC珍藏艺术设定集），《E.E.卡明斯：诗人的一生》（国内首部E.E.卡明斯传记）等。