Echoes of Opera in Modern Italian Poetry: Eros, Tragedy, and National Identity - Softcover
Book 71 of 97: Italian and Italian American Studies
Synopsis
1. Introduction.
2. From Bayreuth to Fiume: D'Annunzio, Wagner and the Death of Italian Opera.
3. Umberto Saba and the Verdian Sound of Italy.
4. More Than Words: Ossi di seppia, Opera, and the Miracle of Counter-Eloquence.
5. Heart of Darkness: Saba's Operatic Eroticism.
6. Strange Mercy: Montale, Opera, and the Death of Tragedy.
7. Poetry and the Beast: Giorgio Caproni's Simulations of Opera.
8. Conclusions
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