âUn livre sur rienâ: Multiplicity, Indeterminacy, and Interpretation in the De rosis nascentibus

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18 âUn livre sur rienâ

Multiplicity, Indeterminacy, and Interpretation in the De rosis nascentibus

In: Italo Calvino and Classics

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Marco Formisano

Marco Formisano Ghent University Department of Literary Studies

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Pages:: 340â355

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004715097_020

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Abstract

Italo Calvinoâs final memo considers multiple ways of conceiving of multiplicity, but the most interesting association of this specific literary quality is with indeterminacy. The anonymous (late) Latin poem De rosis nascentibus, although admirably clear in its structure, language and style, has proven to be very difficult, almost impossible to interpret. What is this poem really about? What role is played by roses? What is the function of this flower in literature more generally? This paper suggests that the multiplicity of roses mirrors the fundamental hermeneutic indeterminacy that this poetic jewel displays.

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Italo Calvino and Classics

Lightness â Quickness â Multiplicity

Series:Â Mnemosyne, Supplements, Volume: 488

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004715097

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 19 Dec 2024

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- Classical Studies
  - Classical Tradition & Reception Studies
  - Greek & Latin Literature

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PartÂ 1 Lightness

PartÂ 2 Quickness

PartÂ 3 Multiplicity

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Multiplicity, Indeterminacy, and Interpretation in the De rosis nascentibus

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Lightness â Quickness â Multiplicity