T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets in Italy : Translations, Appropriations, Canonization (1944-2013).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gallitelli, Eleonora.

Series:

Literary Reception and Art Reception Series

Literary Reception and Art Reception Series ; v.3

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : BRILL, 2026.

Summary:

This volume provides the first comprehensive account of the Italian reception of Eliot's masterpiece Four Quartets. Addressed to scholars of literature, translation and bibliography, it illuminates the dynamics of appropriation and canonization from both prominent and marginal literary figures in Italy.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Bibliographical Note

Acknowledgements

Figures

Introduction

Part 1 Prelude (1923-1944)

Chapter 1 The Reception of T.S. Eliot in Italy between the Two World Wars

1.1 From an "Appetizing Morsel" to a "Very Troubled Soul"

1.2 The Italian Debut of the "Young English Poet"

1.3 Praz as Mediator between Eliot and Montale

1.4 Montale as Translator of Eliot

Chapter 2 Genesis and Critical Reception in the Anglo-American Context

2.1 Genesis of the Work

2.1.1 The "Passage" of the 1920s

2.1.2 The Journey to America and the War

2.1.3 The Publication History of Four Quartets

2.1.4 The Music of Four Quartets

2.2 Critical Reception in the Anglophone Context

Part 2 The Italian Reception in the Periodicals of the 1940s

Chapter 3 Elio Vittorini and the "Eliot Affair" in Il Politecnico and Sud

3.1 Il Politecnico and Sud: a Comparison of the Two Journals

3.2 Eliot and Anglo-American Poetry in the Two Journals

3.3 Little Gidding in Il Politecnico

3.4 East Coker in Sud

Chapter 4 The London-Florence Axis: Montano, Cecchi, Guidacci and Traverso

4.1 East Coker: the Fragments Translated by Lorenzo Montano

4.2 East Coker: Other Fragments Translated by Emilio Cecchi

4.3 Little Gidding and The Dry Salvages: the Fragments Translated by Margherita Guidacci

4.4 The Dry Salvages: Leone Traverso's Translation

4.5 Burnt Norton: Margherita Guidacci's Translation

4.6 East Coker: Emilio Cecchi's Translation

4.7 East Coker: Margherita Guidacci's Translation

4.8 The Quartets, Cecchi and Mondadori: an Abandoned Edition

Part 3 Complete Translations (1952-2013)

Chapter 5 The Translations of the 1950s

5.1 The First Complete Translation by Alfredo Rizzardi in Fiera Letteraria.

5.2 The "Canonized" Translation by Filippo Donini for Garzanti

Chapter 6 Recent Translations

6.1 Angelo Tonelli's Translation (Feltrinelli, 1995)

6.2 Elio Grasso's and Roberto Sanesi's Translations (Palomar, 2000

Book, 2002)

6.3 The La Capria-Muñoz Multimodal Edition (Enrico Damiani Editore, 2013)

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

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ISBN:

90-04-75994-8

OCLC:

1587072343