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Michelangelo on Parnassus
The Reception of the Poems Among Writers
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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 âsecond 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 Buonarrotiâs 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 Buonarrotiâs 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).
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).
âA very sophisticated study which helps us to assign Michelangelo a place â and quite a prominent one â among the great poets as wellâ.
Claudio Magris
âMichelangelo 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 centuryâ.
Beatrice Arduini, University of Washington
Claudio Magris
âMichelangelo 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 centuryâ.
Beatrice Arduini, University of Washington
Translatorâs Note
Bibliographical Note and Abbreviations
Illustrations
Introduction: Conversations among Writers
1 The Cinquecento
â1âResponding in Verse
â2âThe Prose Writers
â3âMichelangelo on Parnassus
2 From the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Centuries
â1âThe First Edition
â2âBeyond Italy
3 The Twentieth Century: Critical Reception
â1âDante, Petrarch and Michelangelo
â2âFor the Quincentenary
â3âAnthologies between the Two Millennia
â4âSeductions
4 The Twentieth Century: Creative Reception
â1âThe Strong Poets
â2âDistillations
5 Translations
â1âTranslations by Poets
â2âThe Poems in Music
â3âPortraits as a Poet
Conclusion
Illustrations
Index of Names
Bibliographical Note and Abbreviations
Illustrations
Introduction: Conversations among Writers
1 The Cinquecento
â1âResponding in Verse
â2âThe Prose Writers
â3âMichelangelo on Parnassus
2 From the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Centuries
â1âThe First Edition
â2âBeyond Italy
3 The Twentieth Century: Critical Reception
â1âDante, Petrarch and Michelangelo
â2âFor the Quincentenary
â3âAnthologies between the Two Millennia
â4âSeductions
4 The Twentieth Century: Creative Reception
â1âThe Strong Poets
â2âDistillations
5 Translations
â1âTranslations by Poets
â2âThe Poems in Music
â3âPortraits as a Poet
Conclusion
Illustrations
Index of Names
The book is aimed at scholars and post-graduate students in Reception Studies, Comparative Literature, Renaissance Studies, History of Literature, and Poetry.