Ovid's Metamorphoses in Twentieth-Century Italian Literature (eBook)

Alberto Comparini (Herausgeber)

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2018 | 1. Auflage
362 Seiten
Universitätsverlag Winter
978-3-8253-7756-4 (ISBN)

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This book aims to show the metamorphic nature of Ovid's reception in twentieth-century Italian literature. It is a study of the aesthetic effects of Ovid's poetics within both the novel and poetry tradition in Italy. By using a historical and philological methodology, the authors of each essay have shown the hermeneutic power of Ovid, read as a constant intertextual presence. From Giovanni Pascoli to Eugenio Montale, from Italo Calvino to Antonio Tabucchi, in this book Ovid's reception is finally shown to be as important as Virgil's and offers new important tools in order to understand the role of Latin literature in the twentieth century.

Inhalt

Cover 1
Titel 4
Imprint 5
Notes 6
Acknowkledgments 8
Contents 10
Alberto Comparini: Italian Ovid. A Perspective on the Ever-Presence of Metamorphosis 14
I Ovidian Philology 26
Sergio Casali: Ovid and Italian Philology 26
1 “Quellenforschung” in the Early Twentieth Century???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 27
2 Between the Two Wars?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 32
3 The 1940s, the 1950s, and the Bimillenary Celebrations of 1957-1958???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 39
4 Ovid and the Self-Consciousness of Poetry???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 46
II Ovid and the (Two) Italian Crowns 58
Francesca Irene Sensini: “Referre idem aliter.” Vestiges of Ovid in Giovanni Pascoli’s Work 58
1 Introduction?????????????????????????????????????????? 58
2 Ovid in the Anthologies???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 59
3 Ovid on the Bookshelves and in the Archives???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 63
4 Ovid Translated (and Metamorphosed?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 65
5 Ovid in the Backstory???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 72
6 Conclusion?????????????????????????????????????? 76
Raffaella Bertazzoli: “Nec species sua cuique manet.” D’Annunzio, Ovid, and the Re-Use of a Classic 80
1 The “Will to Sing” 80
2 Other Myths (beyond Ovid) 82
3 What Myth? 83
4 The Metaphorical Muse???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 87
5 Between Myth and Vision???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 88
6 The Metamorphosis of the Self???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 94
7 The Etiologic Myth and Beyond???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 97
8 The Reuse of the Myth???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 99
III Ovid and the Lyric, Part I 108
“Tu che il non mutato amor mutata serbi.” Ovid and Montale 108
1 Introduction?????????????????????????????????????????? 108
2 Montale versus D’Annunzio. Different Models and Strategies of Metamorphosis???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 111
3 Montalean Mythology: Annetta?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 119
4 Montalean Mythology: Clizia???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 124
IV Ovid between Modernism, Magism, and Surrealism 130
Alessandro Giammei: Massimo Bontempelli’s Re-Inventions. Magism, Metaphysics, and Modern(ist) Mythology 130
1 Those Who Had “an Ovid” in the Novecento?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 131
2 Rescuing vs. Restoring Ovid, from Prussia to Valòria?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 135
3 Taking Mythology Seriously, or How to Remake Ovid???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 139
Lucilla Lijoi: “Degno del canto di un Ovidio.” The ‘Metamorphoses’ as Key to Understanding Modernity in the Poetics of Alberto Savinio 144
1 Ovid as ‘persona agens?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 144
2 Savinio’s Metamorphic Poetics???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 148
Laura Bardelli: The Lure of the Apennines. The Myth of the Were-Goat in Tommaso Landolfi 158
1 Introduction. Ovid, Landolfi, and the Apennines???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 158
2 Goats’ Footsteps (Ovid, Landolfi, Pavese, Montale, Levi) 159
3 The Village/Mountain Dichotomy and Pivotal Role of the Were-Animal?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 166
4 A Poetic Initiation???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 171
V Interdisciplinary Ovid 178
Rosalba Galvagno: The Metamorphosis of Daphne in Carlo Levi 178
1 The Portrait of Daphne in Verse???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 184
2 The Portrait of Daphne in Painting?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 191
3 The Prose Portrait of "Daphne and Apollo" 192
Bart van den Bossche: Pavese’s Dialogue with Ovid. The Destiny of Metamorphosis in ‘Dialoghi con Leucò’ (1947) 200
1 Pavese and Ovid???????????????????????????????????????????????? 200
2 Tweaking the Motif of Metamorphosis???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 203
3 Metamorphosis as a Hybrid Condition. The Story of Lycaon?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 205
4 Lycaon and the Sovereign Ban?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 208
5 A New Order. Gods, Animals and Otherness?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 210
6 Conclusion?????????????????????????????????????? 215
Vilma De Gasperin: Protean Metamorphoses in Anna Maria Ortese 218
1 “Familienähnlichkeit.” Metamorphoses in Ortese and Ovid???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 218
2 “Omnia mutantur, nihil interit” 222
3 “Volucres animae.” Wings, Wind, Voice, and Poetic Imagination???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 225
4 The Metamorphosing Gaze in ‘L’Iguana’ (1965) 229
5 Decline, Fear, and Longing. Metamorphosis in ‘Il Cardillo addolorato’ (1993) 234
VI Ovidian Rewrtings between Modernism and Postmodernism 240
Barbara Olla: “L’arcano della favola splendida.” Gadda’s Re-writing of the Narcissus Myth 240
1 A Classical Heritage?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 240
2 Behind the Ovidian Symbolism: Gadda’s ‘Emilio e Narcisso’ 243
Alberto Comparini: Calvino, Ovid, and the ‘Metamorphoses.’ A Reading of ‘Le cosmicomiche’ (1965) 258
1 Textual Inferences. Calvino, Reader of Ovid???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 258
2 Postmodernist Mythologies. Calvino’s ‘Cosmicomiche’ 268
Susanna Pietrosanti: “Ariadneanly.” Secret Ovid in Antonio Tabucchi 278
1 ‘Ars allusiva.’ Ovid, the Storyteller???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 278
2 The Metamorphosis after ‘The Metamorphoses:’ ‘Sogni di sogni’ 282
3 ‘Letters mingle souls:’ the ‘Heroides’ 286
4 “Ariadneanly.” Ovid, the Mythographer???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 291
5 “Quoniam coniunx mea non potes esse, / arbor eris certe:” ‘Lettera da Casablanca’ 294
6 “Since it is nature’s law to change, / constancy alone is strange:” Vertumnus???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 298
7 ‘La tessitura del labirinto.’ Ovidian roots in Antonio Tabucchi???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 303
VII Ovid and the Lyric, Part II 308
Alessandro Fo: Traces of Ovid. A Look at Recent Italian Poetry 308
1 In Search of a Face???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 308
2 “Metamorphoses Exist.” The Transformations of Myths???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 313
3 “Inhabitant of Distance.” The Metamorphosis of Ovid in Exile?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 330
4 Digression and Conclusion???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 341
Index???????????????????????? 348
Bios and Abstracts?????????????????????????????????????????????????? 358
Backcover 364

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.2.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 3-8253-7756-3 / 3825377563
• ISBN-13: 978-3-8253-7756-4 / 9783825377564