Gabriele d'Annunzio, Laudi [In Praise of Sky, Sea, Earth, and Heroes]

Mirko Menna

Ed. by Jo Ann Cavallo, Columbia University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.1: Italian Writing and Culture, 453-present.
Vol. editors: Carla Bregman (Independent Scholar - North America), Jo Ann Cavallo (Columbia University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1903 - 1912

Places

Italy (Country of Origin; Publication/ performance)

Genres and Modes

Poetry (any)

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In the decade 1898-1909 D’Annunzio moved to a Renaissance villa near Settignano in Tuscany called La Capponcina, fleeing creditors in Rome where he had lived his splendid period as a columnist, parliamentarian, and as the author of

Il Piacere

[

The Child of Pleasure

] (1889). These were the years of an art-life partnership with the actress Eleonora Duse, despite the burden of financial problems. Having failed every political project, D’Annunzio decided to seek refuge in Tuscany choosing to live “like a Renaissance prince” [in

Proemio

alla

Vita di Cola di Rienzo

]. This particular period would prove to be one of his most fruitful for various genres of artistic production, ranging from tragedy and pastoral drama, such as

Città Morta

[

The Dead City

] (1898),

Francesca da Rimini

[

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Citation: Menna, Mirko. "Laudi". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 January 2013 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=34367, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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