The poetics of decadence in fin-de-siècle Italy : degeneration and regeneration in literature and the arts
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The poetics of decadence in fin-de-siècle Italy : degeneration and regeneration in literature and the arts
Peter Lang, c2018
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Contribution in English and Italian
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
In the 1880s and 1890s, materialism in art was counterbalanced by attention to the subjective individual experience, expressed in the new modes inaugurated by Symbolism, Decadence and Aestheticism. In particular, Decadent artists and writers inspired the lasting name of an age fascinated by the contemplation of luxury and decay: the fin de siecle. Notions of decadence and degeneration were not limited to aesthetic experience but were regarded as sociological phenomena and attained pseudoscientific status.
This volume explores the themes of degeneration and regeneration in fin-de-siecle Italian culture, collecting together essays by recognized experts as well as younger scholars. The book begins by reflecting on the poetics of decadence, before turning its focus to significant figures of the period and their literary, critical and artistic work, providing analysis from both national and comparative perspectives. Subjects examined include the turn towards idealism of Anna Zuccari, the mysticism and ethics of Fogazzaro, Pascoli and Tolstoy, the influence of German philosophy and European symbolism on Gabriele D'Annunzio's literary works, the art criticism of Enrico Panzacchi, and the aesthetic regeneration of divas in early Italian cinema.
Table of Contents
CONTENTS: Stefano Evangelista: Introduction: Decadence and regeneration in fin-de-siecle culture - Linda Garosi: La letteratura della crisi: riflessioni e riformulazioni nelle riviste italiane di fine secolo - Sara Boezio: Regenerating at the turn of the century: Ibsen's, Tolstoy's, and Zola's metaphors of (re)birth in fin-de-siecle Italy - Giulia Brian: "Scrivo cosi come leggo, con l'anima e cercando l'anima": Fogazzaro e la "mistica ebbrezza" dell'arte - Elisabetta Selmi: "Lo sguardo dell'anima": appunti di lettura sul "Modernismo mistico" nel "dialogo mancato" tra Fogazzaro e Boine - Valeria Giannantonio: Panzacchi e le arti figurative - Patrizia Zambon: Fuori dal realismo: Anna Zuccari e il progetto del romanzo simbolista - Elena Borelli: Taming desire: Schopenhauer and Nietzsche in Gabriele D'Annunzio's novels (1889-1900) - Aldo Putignano: Alcyone e il simbolismo europeo - Michael Subialka: Diva decadence: Conflicted modernity from death to regeneration
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