| List of Illustrations | |
| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Ch. 1 | Origins: Journalism and the Comic Strips | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Neorealist Apprenticeship: Fellini as Scriptwriter | 30 |
| Ch. 3 | Beyond Neorealism: Character and Narrative Form in Early Fellini from Luci Del Varieta to La Dolce Vita | 68 |
| Ch. 4 | Dreams and Metacinema: Le Tentazioni Del Dottor Antonio, 8 1/2, Block-Notes Di Un Regista, I Clowns, Roma, E La Nave Va, Ginger E Fred, and Intervista | 150 |
| Ch. 5 | Literature and Cinema: Toby Dammit and Fellini Satyricon | 227 |
| Appendixes to Chapter Five | 253 |
| Ch. 6 | Fellini and Politics: Amarcord and Prova d'Orchestra | 262 |
| Ch. 7 | "The Great Fabricator and Dissolver of Clouds": Sexuality and the Image of Women in Giulietta Degli Spiriti, Casanova, and La Citta Delle Donne | 292 |
| Ch. 8 | La voce della luna and the Cinema of Poetry | 327 |
| A Fellini Filmography | 335 |
| Selected Bibliography | 345 |
| Index | 361 |
