{"product_id":"eugenio-montale-the-fascist-storm-and-the-jewish-sunflower-9781487519995","title":"Eugenio Montale the Fascist Storm and the Jewish Sunflower","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEugenio Montale, the Fascist Storm, and the Jewish Sunflower\u003c\/em\u003e uncovers one of the great hidden sagas of modern literature. During Italy’s fascist period, Eugenio Montale – winner of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature and one of the greatest modern poets in any language – fell in love with Irma Brandeis, a glamorous and beautiful Dante scholar and an American Jew. While their romance would fall apart, it would have literary repercussions that extended throughout the poet’s career: Montale’s works abound with secret codes that speak to a lost lover and muse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study is the first to completely unlock the cryptic thematic link that connects many of Montale’s most important poems, which, taken together, form the most significant hidden poetic cycle of modernism. David Michael Hertz explores the intersecting poetic myth and background biography, with precision made possible through recently published archival materials. Bringing the rea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Hertz succeeds admirably in revealing the rich and complex tapestry hidden behind the Clizia Cycle.' -- Rossella Riccobono Modern Language Review vol 111:02:2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations  Acknowledgments  1. Introduzione: The Clizia Myth and the Secret Cycle  2. Murder, Manifestoes, and the Poems of the Cinque Terre  3. Love in Fascist Florence  4. The Woman of The Occasions  5. Hitler and Mussolini at the Opera  6. The Storm and the Sun Goddess  7. The Poet and the Modern Beatrice Spread Their Myth around the World  8. Clizia Becomes a Woman Again  Coda: Montale, Brandeis, the \"I\" and the \"You\"  The Italian  Notes  Works Cited and Additional Bibliography  Index of Poems and Translations from the Cycle  General Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187721429335,"sku":"9781487519995","price":30.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487519995.jpg?v=1782127024","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/eugenio-montale-the-fascist-storm-and-the-jewish-sunflower-9781487519995","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}