Ariosto in the Machine Age
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2023
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-4679-3 (ISBN)
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-4679-3 (ISBN)
Ariosto in the Machine Age reimagines reception theory through the modern afterlife of a Renaissance literary icon.
Ariosto in the Machine Age reveals how the most influential poet of the Renaissance was conjured or appropriated to shape Magical Realism, avant-garde painting, Fascist cultural propaganda, and cinema in modern Italy between the birth of Futurism and the end of the Second World War.
Based on substantial archival findings, bold iconographic hypotheses, and novel interpretations of literary texts, the book proposes a new account of Italy’s twentieth-century culture through a unique take on Ludovico Ariosto’s early modern poetics and legacy. Starting from the unexpected passéism of Futurists visiting Ferrara on the eve of the First World War, it rereads the development of Giorgio de Chirico’s Metaphysical art and Massimo Bontempelli’s Realismo Magico. The book reconstructs the multimedia archive of the Fascist initiatives for the 1933 centennial anniversary of Ariosto’s death, and then focuses on the passage between Fascist cinema and the birth of neorealism, unearthing unfinished adaptations of the Orlando Furioso by Luchino Visconti and Alessandro Blasetti. Questioning the very concept of reception, this radically interdisciplinary book warns twenty-first-century readers about the risks of monumentalizing the "great authors" of the past.
Ariosto in the Machine Age reveals how the most influential poet of the Renaissance was conjured or appropriated to shape Magical Realism, avant-garde painting, Fascist cultural propaganda, and cinema in modern Italy between the birth of Futurism and the end of the Second World War.
Based on substantial archival findings, bold iconographic hypotheses, and novel interpretations of literary texts, the book proposes a new account of Italy’s twentieth-century culture through a unique take on Ludovico Ariosto’s early modern poetics and legacy. Starting from the unexpected passéism of Futurists visiting Ferrara on the eve of the First World War, it rereads the development of Giorgio de Chirico’s Metaphysical art and Massimo Bontempelli’s Realismo Magico. The book reconstructs the multimedia archive of the Fascist initiatives for the 1933 centennial anniversary of Ariosto’s death, and then focuses on the passage between Fascist cinema and the birth of neorealism, unearthing unfinished adaptations of the Orlando Furioso by Luchino Visconti and Alessandro Blasetti. Questioning the very concept of reception, this radically interdisciplinary book warns twenty-first-century readers about the risks of monumentalizing the "great authors" of the past.
Alessandro Giammei is an assistant professor of Italian studies at Yale University.
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Peeking from Parnassus: Ariosto the Amphibian
1. The Great Metaphysician: Ariosto’s Encounters with Ferrara’s Avant-Garde
2. Ludovico’s Gifts: The Ariostean Spirit of Magical Realism
3. Eternal Renaissance: Ariosto’s Presence in Fascist Ferrara
4. Theatrical Ghosts: Not Adapting the Orlando Furioso in Late Modernity
Notes
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 28.12.2023 |
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Reihe/Serie | Toronto Italian Studies |
Zusatzinfo | 102 colour illustrations, 38 b&w illustrations |
Verlagsort | Toronto |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 231 mm |
Gewicht | 820 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4875-4679-3 / 1487546793 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4875-4679-3 / 9781487546793 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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