Keywords

• When reference is made to Antonio Gramsciâ€
• ™
• s letters
• what comes to mind are his letters from prison
• which introduced Gramsci into the European culture and the history of Italian politics.
• Gramsciâ€
• ™
• s correspondence â€
• “
• soon to be published in the National Edition of his complete works â€
• “
• is a far richer and complex body of texts than the sole letters from prison.
• It consists of three groups of letters: those written by him
• those written to him
• and the so-called related letters
• associated with the first two groups.
• the research conducted in recent years for the National Edition has brought to light a large amount of letters and writings
• thanks mostly to the cooperation of the Gramsci family. Through the analysis of Gramciâ€
• ™
• s letters
• the correspondence of members of the Italian Communist Party
• and documents from the Comintern and the Russian Government
• the essay reconstructs
• to the extent possible
• the facts of Gramsciâ€
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• s incarceration
• and the intricate mesh of relationships and conflicts around the prisoner from 1926 to 1937