tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post1660780322883088647..comments2023-12-24T17:41:42.989-08:00Comments on seraillon: Gabriele D'Annunzio: A Taste Too Far seraillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-85200912525809896272017-02-15T20:55:20.459-08:002017-02-15T20:55:20.459-08:00What an interesting question! I would not have put...What an interesting question! I would not have put Basile and D'Annunzio together, especially given the three and a half centuries that separate them, but it's entirely possible that some prediliction for the grotesque present in Basile's weird tales, and then in Boccaccio, trickled down into D'Annunzio (it's also there in Dante - in Petronius too, for that matter). But with D'Annunzio I sensed a deliberate and adolescent desire to be provocative and titillating, not the more organic and playful variety of wild conceits as in Basile. For all D'Annunzio's verbal flashiness, I found him a little boring in this regard: <i>all you idiots think life is pretty, but just look at that mucus!</i>seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-89782862021443286332017-02-15T00:12:38.343-08:002017-02-15T00:12:38.343-08:00Reading your review, I am reminded of the richness...Reading your review, I am reminded of the richness of Matteo Garrone's film Tale of Tales. Are there some similarities between D’Annunzio and Giambattista Basile, do you think?JacquiWinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16220597283351925721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-21870759211503091912017-02-14T11:19:24.641-08:002017-02-14T11:19:24.641-08:00The "redeeming aspects," for me anyway, ...The "redeeming aspects," for me anyway, <i>were</i> the "over the top and overblown." I don't know, but I suspect that D'Annunzio might be more entertaining in audiobook format than on the printed page.seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-31090096798252149392017-02-14T11:12:49.857-08:002017-02-14T11:12:49.857-08:00That may be the best argument for reading D'An...That may be the best argument for reading D'Annunzio: to understand the ways in which other Italian authors write around him. seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-27255306577624660862017-02-14T02:34:03.596-08:002017-02-14T02:34:03.596-08:00Great commentary.
D'Annunzio sounds very app...Great commentary. <br /><br />D'Annunzio sounds very appealing. I enjoy over the top and overblown when they are coupled with other redeeming aspects. <br /><br />I am curious as to what you will think of Il Fuoco. <br /><br />Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-76205397561910388552017-02-13T20:22:57.577-08:002017-02-13T20:22:57.577-08:00Okay. You are reinforcing my curiosity about D...Okay. You are reinforcing my curiosity about D'Annunzio's <i>poetry</i>. Reading Montale's early poetry recently, I could just barely glimpse the D'Annunzio-shaped space he was writing <i>against</i>.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.com