Overview
- Provides the first text in English to explore the influence of opera on twentieth-century Italian poetry.
- Rethinks the twentieth-century canon in in the broader context of theoretical debates on national identity, the relationship between music and literature, and the role of poets and poetry in contemporary society,
- Appeals to scholars of Italian history, literature, and culture, as well as musicology, sound studies, and theater.
Part of the book series: Italian and Italian American Studies (IIAS)
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Twentieth-century Italian poetry is haunted by countless ghosts and shadows from opera. Echoes of Opera in Modern Italian Poetry reveals their presence and sheds light on their role in shaping that great poetic tradition. This is the first work in English to analyze the influence of opera on modern Italian poetry, uncovering a fundamental but neglected relationship between the two art forms. A group of Italian poets, from Gabriele D’Annunzio to Giorgio Caproni, by way of Umberto Saba and Eugenio Montale, made opera a cornerstone of their artistic craft. More than an occasional stylistic influence, opera is rather analyzed as a fundamental facet of these poets’ intellectual quest to overcome the expressive limitations of lyrical poetry. This book reframes modern Italian poetry in a truly interdisciplinary perspective, broadening our understanding of its prominence within the humanities, in the twentieth century and beyond.
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Book Title: Echoes of Opera in Modern Italian Poetry
Book Subtitle: Eros, Tragedy, and National Identity
Authors: Mattia Acetoso
Series Title: Italian and Italian American Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46091-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46090-7Published: 25 June 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46093-8Published: 25 June 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-46091-4Published: 24 June 2020
Series ISSN: 2635-2931
Series E-ISSN: 2635-294X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 276
Topics: European Literature, History of Italy, Poetry and Poetics, Cultural History