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
World War II. 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
World War I, it re-reads 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 centennial anniversary of Ariosto’s death in 1933, 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.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Toronto Press
|
| Country of origin: |
Canada |
| Series: |
Toronto Italian Studies |
| Release date: |
December 2023 |
| First published: |
2023 |
| Authors: |
Alessandro Giammei
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Pages: |
464 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4875-4679-3 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-4875-4679-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781487546793 |
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