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Book SynopsisThis book presents an original investigation of the relationship of a variety of authors (Varchi, Aretino, Foscolo, Wordsworth, Stendhal, Mann, Montale, Morante and others) with Buonarroti’s 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.
Trade Review“A very sophisticated study which helps us to assign Michelangelo a place – and quite a prominent one – among the great poets as well”. Claudio Magris “Michelangelo 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 century”. Beatrice Arduini, University of Washington
Table of ContentsTranslator’s Note Bibliographical Note and Abbreviations Illustrations Introduction: Conversations among Writers 1 The Cinquecento 1 Responding in Verse 2 The Prose Writers 3 Michelangelo on Parnassus 2 From the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Centuries 1 The First Edition 2 Beyond Italy 3 The Twentieth Century: Critical Reception 1 Dante, Petrarch and Michelangelo 2 For the Quincentenary 3 Anthologies between the Two Millennia 4 Seductions 4 The Twentieth Century: Creative Reception 1 The Strong Poets 2 Distillations 5 Translations 1 Translations by Poets 2 The Poems in Music 3 Portraits as a Poet Conclusion Illustrations Index of Names
