| Giovanni Pascoli, Gabriele D'Annunzio, and the Ethics of Desire: Between Action and Contemplation Contributor(s): Borelli, Elena (Author) |
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ISBN: 1611479134 ISBN-13: 9781611479133 Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press OUR PRICE: $101.97 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - Italian - Literary Criticism | Eastern European (see Also Russian & Former Soviet Union) - Poetry | European - Italian |
| Dewey: 851.809 |
| LCCN: 2016055138 |
| Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Italian Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.2" W x 9" (0.9 lbs) 180 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book focuses on the notion of desire in late-nineteenth-century Italy, and how this notion shapes the life and works of two of Italy's most prominent authors at that time, Giovanni Pascoli and Gabriele D'Annunzio. In the fin de si cle, the philosophical speculation on desire, inspired by Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche intersected the popularization of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Within this context, desire is conceptualized as an obscure force and remnant of mankind's animalistic origins. Both Pascoli and D'Annunzio put into play the drama of desire as a force splitting the unity of the characters in their works, and variously attempt to provide solutions to this haunting force within the human self. |