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Abstract
The contribution by Michele Paragliola and Michela Iovino takes inspiration from the “spatial turn” confronting imaginary and real geography as seen in L’Isola di Arturo of Elsa Morante.
In particular this essay analyses the space where Elsa Morante wrote the majority of her work (Villa Eldorado), the probable setting of Arturo’s house “casa dei guaglioni” (L’Hotel La Vigna) and the space where Arturo’s illusions were unveiled (Penitentiary of Terra Murata).
The article walks the reader through the places of the novel, reconstructed by way of testimonies, that suggest that the landscape of the island is the alter ego of Arturo himself; the map of Procida reflects the sentiments of the protagonist when he was an adolescent.
In fact, Arturo leaves the island when he becomes an adult with lost illusions and a discovery of reality, thereby definitely breaking ‘the ideal’.