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Gabriele d'Annunzio, born Gaetano Rapagnetta (1863-1938) was an Italian poet, writer, novelist, dramatist, womanizer and daredevil who went on to have a controversial role in politics as figure-head of the Italian Fascist movement and mentor of Benito Mussolini. His literary works included: "The Child of Pleasure, " "The Intruder, " "The MAidens of the Rocks, " and "The Flame of Life" ("Il Fuoco").

Gabriele d'Annunzio, born Gaetano Rapagnetta (1863-1938) was an Italian poet, writer, novelist, dramatist, womanizer and daredevil who went on to have a controversial role in politics as figure-head of the Italian Fascist movement and mentor of Benito Mussolini. His literary works included: "The Child of Pleasure, " "The Intruder, " "The MAidens of the Rocks, " and "The Flame of Life" ("Il Fuoco").

Pubblicato nel 1894, il "Trionfo della morte" conclude la cosiddetta trilogia dei Romanzi della Rosa dopo Il piacere e L'innocente. Giorgio Aurispa, il protagonista del romanzo, è un Superuomo annoiato dall'esistenza insulsa e mediocre dei suoi simili, ed è quindi impegnato in una continua ricerca di un nuovo senso della vita e di una perfezione spirituale fondata sull'autodominio. Il rapporto con la sua amante, Ippolita Sanzio, per la quale e...

Gabriele d'Annunzio (1863-1938) was an Italian poet, journalist, novelist, dramatist, and daredevil who went on to have a controversial role in politics as figurehead to the Italian Fascist movement and mentor to Benito Mussolini. He published his first poetry while still at school at the age of sixteen with a small volume of verses called Primo Vere (1879), influenced by Giosue Carducci's Odi Barbare. While at University of Rome La Sapienza, ...

Primo vere", qui riproposto nell'edizione del 1879, segnò il noviziato poetico del sedicenne d'Annunzio. Ottenne numerosi consensi e il plauso di Giuseppe Chiarini che riconosceva al giovane "attitudini alla poesia non comuni". Inoltre, vi si scorgono motivi caratteristici del d'Annunzio più maturo.

Sei novelle, raccolte a Napoli in due volumi stampati in pochi esemplari, e poi mai più editate. Sei piccoli capolavori, legati tra loro da un comune denominatore: la violenza. La violenza come divinità, e quindi cieca, irrazionale, spietata. E la violenza in nome della divinità (argomento quanto mai attuale!), da predicare e da praticare, allora, in maniera cieca, irrazionale, spietata. In un Abruzzo atemporale e metafisico, d'Annunzio mette ...

The story of a young man who, in Henry James' words, 'pays heavily, as we take it..., for an unbridled surrender to the life of the senses

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

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The Book of the Virgins, " published here in its first English translation, is one of Gabriele D'Annunzio's very first collections. Remarkable for its descriptive powers, it is a compelling account of self-knowledge and coming-of-age. Recovering from a near-fatal illness, a young woman resolves to experience for herself all that life has to offer. Spurning her old saintly ways, she sets out to explore the beauty and energy in everything around...