Versi d'amore: Canto novo, Intermezzo di rime, Isaotta Guttadauro, Elegie romane, Poema paradisiaco

By Gabriele D'Annunzio

Pochi come D'Annunzio hanno saputo contrassegnare le tappe definitive della poesia di fine secolo. I suoi versi d'amore espurgati delle evoluzioni dedicate alla gloria e alla morte, schiudono qui l'ampio ventaglio dell'Amore, con la A maiuscola, come orizzonte del sentimento e misura smisurata dei sensi. Fra smarrimenti sensuali, fantasie estetiche, aspirazioni spirituali ed estatiche, questo volume privilegia il poeta lirico al vate eroico, ed offre in un'unica collezione cinque opere fondamentali del letterato abruzzese: Canto novo, Intermezzo di rime, Isaotta Guttadauro, Elegie romane e Poema paradisiaco.

• Language: Italiano
• Publisher: Sinapsi Editore
• Release date: Apr 30, 2019
• ISBN: 9788832595949

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Gabriele D’Annunzio (1863-1938) was an Italian poet, playwright, soldier, and political figure. Born in Pescara, Abruzzo, D’Annunzio was the son of the mayor, a wealthy landowner. He published his first book of poems at sixteen, launching his career as a leading Italian artist of his time. In 1891, he published his first novel, A Child of Pleasure, followed by Giovanni Episcopo (1891) and L’innocente (1892), which earned him a reputation among leading European critics as a member of the Italian avant-garde. By the end of the nineteenth century, he turned his efforts to writing for the stage with such tragedies as La Gioconda (1899) and Francesca da Rimini (1902). Radicalized during the First World War, D’Annunzio used his experience as a decorated fighter pilot to spread his increasingly nationalist ideology. In 1919, he spearheaded the takeover of the city of Fiume, which had been ceded at the Paris Peace Conference. As the leader of the Italian Regency of Carnaro, he sought to establish an independent authoritarian state and to support other separatist movements around the globe, but was forced to surrender to Italy in December 1920. Despite his failure, D’Annunzio inspired Mussolini’s National Fascist Party, which built on the violent tactics and corporatist system advocated by the poet and his allies. Toward the end of his life, D’Annunzio was named Prince of Montenevoso by King Victor Emmanuel III and served as the president of the Royal Academy of Italy.