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Although midday is commonly associated with indolence or the languishing of both nature and humanity in stifling heat, Nicolas Perella shows that this connection--however real--is secondary to an archetypal encounter with noontide as a moment of existential crisis of spiritual as well as erotic dimensions. First tracing the literary presence of thi



Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Preface, pg. vii*Introduction, pg. 1*I. From Dante to Pindemonte, pg. 33*II. The Nineteenth Century, pg. 70*III. Gabriele D'Annunzio, pg. 114*IV. Some Twentieth-Century Voices, pg. 145*V. Giuseppe Ungaretti, pg. 201*VI . Eugenio Montale, pg. 240*Conclusion, pg. 263*Notes, pg. 267*Bibliography, pg. 329*Index, pg. 331

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 08/03/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691610917, 978-0691610917
      ISBN10: 0691610916
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Although midday is commonly associated with indolence or the languishing of both nature and humanity in stifling heat, Nicolas Perella shows that this connection--however real--is secondary to an archetypal encounter with noontide as a moment of existential crisis of spiritual as well as erotic dimensions. First tracing the literary presence of thi



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Preface, pg. vii*Introduction, pg. 1*I. From Dante to Pindemonte, pg. 33*II. The Nineteenth Century, pg. 70*III. Gabriele D'Annunzio, pg. 114*IV. Some Twentieth-Century Voices, pg. 145*V. Giuseppe Ungaretti, pg. 201*VI . Eugenio Montale, pg. 240*Conclusion, pg. 263*Notes, pg. 267*Bibliography, pg. 329*Index, pg. 331

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