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

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