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Fantastic Creatures in Italian Literature
From the Age of Dante to Modernity
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Fantastic Creatures in Italian Literature
From the Age of Dante to Modernity
About this book
This volume explores the mysterious relationship between imagination and creatures-be they animals or hybrids- through the field of Italian literary history from its origins through the early modern period.
Animals and fantastic beings have become transfer figures, charged with signifying and expressing symbolic moments and emotional states. Some of these creatures have achieved such fame that they have become true literary tropes. The essays gathered in this volume explore the allegorical, cultural, or philosophical significance that specific creatures have assumed in the works of some of the most important authors of the Italian premodern tradition, from Chiaro Davanzati, through Dante and Boccaccio, all the way to Leopardi. Though grounded in different genres and historical contexts, each essay reveals how the animal or demonic figure becomes a site of philosophical reflection.
Animals and fantastic beings have become transfer figures, charged with signifying and expressing symbolic moments and emotional states. Some of these creatures have achieved such fame that they have become true literary tropes. The essays gathered in this volume explore the allegorical, cultural, or philosophical significance that specific creatures have assumed in the works of some of the most important authors of the Italian premodern tradition, from Chiaro Davanzati, through Dante and Boccaccio, all the way to Leopardi. Though grounded in different genres and historical contexts, each essay reveals how the animal or demonic figure becomes a site of philosophical reflection.
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Yes, you can access Fantastic Creatures in Italian Literature by Giulia M. Cipriani,Paolo Rigo in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & Italian Literary Criticism. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Chiaro Davanzati’s Bestiary Sonnets
- Chapter 2: Cino and the Fantastic Beasts: The Antiliosa and the Others
- Chapter 3: An Intercultural Journey of Dante’s Phoenix in China: Symbolism, Transformation, and Translation
- Chapter 4: Dante’s Siren: Femmina, Serena, Strega
- Chapter 5: Fantastic Traces within the Decameron’s Bestiary
- Chapter 6: Between Horror and Humor: The Demonic Body in Pulci and Boiardo
- Chapter 7: Shape-Shifters: Animal Metamorphoses in Boiardo’s Orlando Innamorato
- Chapter 8: The Myth of Medusa’s Petrification and the Danger of Oblivion: Literary Reflections from Dante to Giordano Bruno
- Chapter 9: The Terrible Tarantula and Its Venom: Two Literary Interpretations from the Baroque Era
- Chapter 10: The Rooster between Earth and Sky: Giacomo Leopardi’s Cantico del gallo silvestre
- About the Contributors
- Index