NMLP P-012408 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Uses of Literature

Italo Calvino · Harcourt Brace Jovanovich · 1986

First English-language essay collection drawn from the Italian 'Una pietra sopra' (1980). The UK Secker and Warburg volume 'The Literature Machine' (1987) is a separate, differently selected translation of the same source, not simply a retitled reissue, so the 1986 Harcourt US book is the true first for this particular selection and title.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-012408 for "The Uses of Literature" by Italo Calvino (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-012408, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).