Integrating the study of both music and art into an exploration of the early poetry of Eugenio Montale (1896-1982), this book situates Italy's premier poet of the twentieth century within the Modernist movement. Gian-Paolo Biasin finds in Montale's poetry broad resonances, reverberations, and comparisons that involve it in the European culture of its time and that invite the reading of poetry, music, and painting as texts in a cultural system. This interdisciplinary approach expands our appreciation of Montale's work in a way not possible with literary analysis alone.
Biasin's study first shows the structural homology between some of Debussy's preludes for piano and certain poems in Montale's Ossi di seppia, emphasizing the rhythmic qualities of the compositions. This formal analysis leads to an understanding of the respective texts' thematic, symbolic, and cultural meaning--specifically, antiheroism as a choice of life. Similar methodology is then used to reveal the relationship between the poetry of Montale and Giorgio Morandi's etchings and between Montale's poetic persona, Arsenio, and the novelistic characters of Svevo and Pirandello. Each of these comparisons brings to light a shared image, that of the clown (or antihero) as a mocking self-portrait of the modern artist.
Originally published in 1989.
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Book Description First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 158 pages; Description: xii, 158 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Montale, Eugenio (1896-) --Criticism and interpretation. Debussey, Claude (1862-1918) --Influence. Notes: Includes index and bibliography p. 118-150. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 77154
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Book Description First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 158 pages; Description: xii, 158 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Montale, Eugenio (1896-) --Criticism and interpretation. Debussey, Claude (1862-1918) --Influence. Notes: Includes index and bibliography p. 118-150. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 77154
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 158pp +xii prelims. Original 1st edition. Turquoise cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. No inscriptions. Fourteen illustrations. Appears unread. Unclipped blue and grey dust jacket with one of the Still Life drawings by Giorgio Morandi (1927) on front of jacket. Touch of shelf wear to lower edge of rear panel. Otherwise in as new condition. This is not a Print on Demand book. Seller Inventory # 011049