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"Eugenio Montale, the Fascist Storm, and the Jewish Sunflower uncovers one of the great hidden sagas of modern literature. During Italy's fascist period, Eugenio Montale--winner of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature and one of the greatest modern poets in any language--fell in love with Ir...
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University of Toronto Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Toronto ; Buffalo : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto Italian studies
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| Summary: |
"Eugenio Montale, the Fascist Storm, and the Jewish Sunflower uncovers one of the great hidden sagas of modern literature. During Italy's fascist period, Eugenio Montale--winner of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature and one of the greatest modern poets in any language--fell in love with Irma Brandeis, a glamorous and beautiful Dante scholar and an American Jew. While their romance would fall apart, it would have literary repercussions that extended throughout the poet's career: Montale's works abound with secret codes that speak to a lost lover and muse."--Publishers website |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 404 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-387) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9781442645387 (bound) : 1442645385 (bound) |
| Index Number: | PQ4829 |
| CLC: | K835.465.6 |
| Call Number: | K835.465.6/H576 |
| Contents: | The Clizia myth and the secret cycle -- Murder, manifestos, and the poems of the Cinque Terre -- Love in fascist Florence -- The woman of The Occasions -- Hitler and Mussolini at the opera -- The storm and the sun goddess -- The poet and the modern Beatrice spread their myth around the world -- Clizia becomes a woman again. |