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An Italian view of the East: The function of the exotic in "Christmas in Ceylon" by Guido Gozzano
Abstract
Sebbene l’Italia non avesse pienamente partecipato al trionfalismo letterario che aveva caratterizzato l’epoca dell’espansionismo europeo in Asia del primo Novecento, il fascino dell’oriente compare tuttavia nelle opere di alcuni scrittori, quali per esempio Giovanni Comisso o Emilio Salgari, in cui si trovano degli esempi classici del cosiddetto “impossessarsi” imperialista dell’oriente. Guido Gozzano, invece, rivela un atteggiamento assai più sfumato verso l’oriente, in quanto i suoi scritti sfidano alcune delle premesse della critica orientalista.
The aim of this article is to revisit Gozzano and see him in a wider context, not confining him to his significance as a crepuscolaro, but to also examine an example of his prose – as distinct from his poetry – as a reflection of the crisis of modernity
Article text in English
The aim of this article is to revisit Gozzano and see him in a wider context, not confining him to his significance as a crepuscolaro, but to also examine an example of his prose – as distinct from his poetry – as a reflection of the crisis of modernity
Article text in English