Giornale storico della letteratura italiana | 2020 | N. 660
Anno 2020 – Annata: CXXXVII – N. 660
A cura di Barbara Manfellotto
Titolo articolo: La voce di tutti: unità e alterità in Torquato Tasso
This essay begins by examining Tasso’s works, in particular his prose and
dialogues, in an effort to reconstruct the constant oscillation between polar
opposites – unity vs. multiplicity, order vs. chaos, the stability of orthodoxy
vs. errant desire – that occurs in ideological, poetic and formal terms. This
is followed by an analysis of an image which emerges rather insistently in
Tasso’s writings as a symbol of a unifying force, i.e. the virtuous circle. This
ethical and philosophical reference is also to be found in his poetic work –
influenced no doubt by Virgil – in the depiction of uniting sentiments, e.g.
piety, compassion and clemency, in the figures of Solimano and Argante in
Gerusalemme Liberata. These theories are then put to the test in an analysis
of the scene in Canto XVI in which Armida is abandoned by Rinaldo. As she
undergoes her transformation from deceptive sorceress to woman in love,
Armida comes to embrace empathy and diversity, thereby giving rise to a
poetic discourse that runs parallel to the overall ideology of the work.
Pag. 481-510
Etichette: Dialogo, Poesia epica, XVI secolo, XVII secolo, Torquato Tasso, Dialoghi,
Titolo articolo: Non pensare a un inetto. Esperimento sveviano
It would seem that the theme of ineptitude has become an essential feature in any analysis of Italo Svevo’s works among literary critics and in school
manuals alike. While it is part of his success as a novelist, overly focusing on
such a theme has resulted in a sort of interpretive stagnation which has interfered with the exercise of decodifying his work. As happens with any label
that is overused or abused, the issue is not merely how to free oneself from
it, but rather how to put it to the test within different contexts. This essay
seeks to conduct an experiment in such a direction, aiming to move the question regarding the semantics of ineptitude from the traditional philosophical
and existential context (vast and at times nebulous) to two specific areas, i.e.
rhetoric and medicine.
Pag. 511-547
Etichette: Narrativa, XIX secolo, XVIII secolo, Italo Svevo,
Titolo articolo: I misteriosi anni Venti. Lalla Romano e la Torino post-gobettiana
This essay proposes a reinterpretation of Lalla Romano’s novel, Una
giovinezza inventata [An Invented Youth], published by Einaudi in 1979,
depicting the author’s university experience in Turin in the second half of the 1920s. Weaving together literary studies along with historical accounts
and surveys in art history, the essay reconstructs a unique period in time, one
first spawned by Gramsci and to an even greater extent by Gobetti, which
witnessed figures born and raised in Turin go on to play a decisive role in the
political and cultural future of the country. Drawing from the historiographical debate on Turinese culture between the two World Wars by such scholars as Norberto Bobbio and Angelo d’Orsi, this essay incorporates textual
analysis and examines historical and philological findings at work within the
novel in order to reconstruct the unique context within which the pages of
Una giovinezza inventata unfold – that mysterious antifascist Turinese setting
of the 1920s, surprisingly unique owing to its lack of linearity. There emerges
a portrait of various women (e.g. the young women of Casorati’s circle) and
men (among whom Venturi, Soldati and Antonicelli) whom the narrative voice evokes in her recollections.
Pag. 548-579
Etichette: Narrativa, XIX secolo, XX secolo, Lalla Romano, Una giovinezza inventata,
Titolo articolo: Una novella per l’anno della guerra: «Alla salute!» (1917) di Luigi Pirandello
This article presents the novella Alla salute! by Luigi Pirandello, which
was written over a century ago but soon went missing. It had originally appeared in 1917 in the periodical «L’Idea Nazionale» but was never republished or referenced in bibliographies. Taking a patriotic and propagandizing
stance toward the purchase of war bonds via the Prestito Nazionale [National
Loan], the work presents characteristics that are not to be found in any of
Pirandello’s other known war stories, thereby offering new material for understanding the author’s positions and his political views. The appendix contains an unabridged version of Alla salute!
Pag. 580-593
Etichette: Narrativa, XIX secolo, XX secolo, Luigi Pirandello, Alla salute!, Novelle per un anno,
Titolo articolo: Sulla edizione delle «Meditazioni della vita di Cristo» (Oxford, Bodleian Library, ms. can. it. 174)
Riflessioni a margine della lettura della recente edizione critica del manoscritto delle “Meditazioni della vita di Cristo”, pubblicata da Sarah McNamner nel 2018 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, ms. can. it. 174).
Lingua: ItalianoPag. 594-607
Etichette: Manoscritto, XIII secolo, XIV secolo, XV secolo,
A cura di: Lettere per una nuova cultura. Gianfranco Contini e la casa editrice Einaudi (1937-1989)
Edizioni: Edizioni del Galluzzo, Firenze – 2019
Lingua: Italiano
Pag. 608-614
Recensore/i: Emilio Russo
Etichette: Carteggio, XX secolo, Gianfranco Contini,
Titolo libro/articolo recensito: Osservazioni intorno a’ romanzi
A cura di: Domenica Falardo
Edizioni: Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici, Napoli – 2018
Lingua: Italiano
Pag. 615-616
Recensore/i: Riccardo Capoferro
Etichette: Donne, Romanzo, Trattato, XIX secolo, XVIII secolo, Giuseppe Maria Galanti, Osservazioni intorno a' romanzi,
Titolo libro/articolo recensito: La biblioteca ritrovata. La prima biblioteca di Vittorio Alfieri
Edizioni: Edizioni dell’Orso, Alessandria – 2019
Lingua: Italiano
Pag. 616-619
Recensore/i: Angelo Colombo
Etichette: Biblioteca, XIX secolo, XVIII secolo, Vittorio Alfieri,
Titolo libro/articolo recensito: La personalità eccessiva. Scipio Slataper e Friedrich Hebbel
Edizioni: Edizioni ETS, Pisa – 2019
Lingua: Italiano
Pag. 620-623
Recensore/i: Fulvio Senardi
Etichette: Critica teatrale, Teatro, XIX secolo, XX secolo, Friedrich Hebbel, Scipio Slataper,
