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Michelangelo wrote the Poems to directly confront themes to which as an artist he could not give the type of expression that he wished. To do so, he chose harsh language, which was distant from the transparent idiom of the Cinquecento. Critics have generally been cautious, often hostile, toward his ‘second trade.' By contrast, writers, appreciating their quality, have greeted his poems in a completely different manner.
This book presents an original investigation of the relationship of a variety of authors (Varchi, Aretino, Foscolo, Wordsworth, Stendhal, Mann, Montale, Morante and others) with Buonarroti’s verse. Through close analysis of the texts, it shows why Michelangelo should hold a more noble position on Parnassus than that which historiography has hitherto granted him.
This book is a translation of Michelangelo in Parnaso: La ricezione delle Rime tra gli scrittori (Venice: Marsilio Editori. 2019).
This book presents an original investigation of the relationship of a variety of authors (Varchi, Aretino, Foscolo, Wordsworth, Stendhal, Mann, Montale, Morante and others) with Buonarroti’s verse. Through close analysis of the texts, it shows why Michelangelo should hold a more noble position on Parnassus than that which historiography has hitherto granted him.
This book is a translation of Michelangelo in Parnaso: La ricezione delle Rime tra gli scrittori (Venice: Marsilio Editori. 2019).
Price: $145.00
Pages: 256
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
15 March 2022
ISBN: 9789004503519
Format: Hardcover
“A very sophisticated study which helps us to assign Michelangelo a place – and quite a prominent one – among the great poets as well”.
Claudio Magris
“Michelangelo Buonarroti revolutionized art in ways still felt today, but conversations, readings, reactions, creative appropriations firmly situate his Rime in the poetic Parnassus. This book weaves the compelling story of the influence of Michelangelo's poems on generations of readers-writers spanning from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century”.
Beatrice Arduini, University of Washington
Claudio Magris
“Michelangelo Buonarroti revolutionized art in ways still felt today, but conversations, readings, reactions, creative appropriations firmly situate his Rime in the poetic Parnassus. This book weaves the compelling story of the influence of Michelangelo's poems on generations of readers-writers spanning from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century”.
Beatrice Arduini, University of Washington
Gandolfo Cascio is Assistant Professor of Italian Literature and Translation at the University of Utrecht, where he also directs the Observatory on Dante Studies research project. His research interests are poetry and aesthetic reception. His latest books are Le ore del meriggio. Saggi critici (Il Convivio 2020; winner of the G.A. Borgese Prize) and Dolci detti. Dante, la letteratura e i poeti (Marsilio 2021; N. Martoglio Award).