Elena Borelli

Giovanni Pascoli, Gabriele D'Annunzio, and the Ethics of Desire

Between Action and Contemplation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies
• Verlag: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 420g
• ISBN-13: 9781611479133
• ISBN-10: 1611479134
• Artikelnr.: 47361418

Autorenporträt

Elena Borelli is assistant professor of Italian at the City University of New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Desire in the Italian
Fin de Siècle: Between Evolutionism and Aestheticism Chapter 2: Action or
Contemplation? The Role of the Artist in Fin de Siècle Italy Chapter 3:
Giovanni Pascoli's Divine Comedy: a Poem of Desire Chapter 4: The Male Hero
and the Evolution of Desire in D'Annunzio's Novels Chapter 5: Giovanni
Pascoli's Poemi Conviviali and the Shipwreck of Desire Chapter 6: The
Centaur of Modernity of the Body Without Desire Conclusion Bibliography