Ugo Foscolo's "Hymns to the Graces": A Case Study

VAGATA, Daniela Shalom. Ugo Foscolo's "Hymns to the Graces": A Case Study. In Genesis Taipei 2023, "The Drafts and its Environs": From the Writer's Desk to the Desktop". 2023.

Basic information

• Original name: Ugo Foscolo's "Hymns to the Graces": A Case Study
• Authors: VAGATA, Daniela Shalom.
• Edition: Genesis Taipei 2023, "The Drafts and its Environs": From the Writer's Desk to the Desktop" 2023.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: 60206 Specific literatures
• Country of publisher: Taiwan
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords in English: Ugo Foscolo; Inni alle Grazie; critical edition; manuscripts; variants; system; genetic criticism; syncrony; work in progress; the unfinished
• Tags: kontrola_RIV

Abstract

The paper sheds light on the creative process of the composition of the fragmental and unfinished "Hymns to the Graces" of Ugo Foscolo (the title refers to both the one Hymn and the three Hymns). The paper evokes the idea that all the myth and stories inherent to the poem constitutes a “system”, a concept which contributes to underline the idea that all the myths and stories created by Foscolo are connected to each other inside the different editorial stages of the poem. The word “system” was already adopted by Foscolo concerning the myth of the Graces in his Hymns. These stories and myths are also referred to a specific moment of Foscolo’s creative work. The analysis is conducted in the one hand examining all the notes, sketches, lists of subjects and indexes in Foscolo’s manuscripts of the Hymns, such as, for instance Foscolo’s drawings of Gulf of Naples or his annotations and research on the symbolism of the swan, in the other hand it is taking into account all the references to Foscolo’s biography inside the text, including, for instance, the ones to Francois-Xavier Fabre, to the Florentine theaters or to the Viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy.

Links

• MUNI/A/1065/2022, interní kód MU: Name: Proměny literárního pole v románských literaturách

Investor: Masaryk University