Giovanni Pascoli, Gabriele D'Annunzio, and the ethics of desire : between action and contemplation

Giovanni Pascoli, Gabriele D'Annunzio, and the ethics of desire : between action and contemplation /

"This book focuses on the notion of desire in the Italian fin de siècle. It narrates how this notion informs the works of two of Italy's most prominent authors in the fin de siècle, Giovanni Pascoli and Gabriele D'Annunzio"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Borelli, Elena (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Madison : Lanham, Maryland : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Copublished by the Rowman & Littlefield Pubishing Group, [2017]
Series:Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies
Subjects:
Pascoli, Giovanni, > 1855-1912 > Criticism and interpretation.
D'Annunzio, Gabriele, > 1863-1938 > Criticism and interpretation.
D'Annunzio, Gabriele, > 1863-1938
Pascoli, Giovanni, > 1855-1912
1800-1899
Desire in literature
Desire (Philosophy) > History.
Italian literature > 19th century > History and criticism
Desire (Philosophy)
Italian literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Desire in the Italian fin de siècle: between evolutionism and aestheticism
  • Action or contemplation: The role of the artist in fin de siècle Italy
  • Giovanni Pascoli's Divine comedy: a poem of desire
  • The male hero and the evolution of desire in D'Annunzio's novels
  • Giovanni Pascolis Poemi conviviali and the shipwreck of desire
  • The centaur of modernity of the Body without desire
  • Conclusion.

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