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'''''The Flame''''' ({{ |
'''''The Flame''''' ({{Langx|it|'''Il fuoco'''}}) is a 1900 novel by the Italian writer [[Gabriele D'Annunzio]]. It is set in 1883 [[Venice]] and tells the story of a young artist and his mistress, a famous but quickly aging actress. The story was inspired by D'Annunzio's relationship with the actress [[Eleonora Duse]]. The novel contains expositions of many of D'Annunzio's theories about drama, largely inspired by [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] and [[Richard Wagner]].<ref name="meda">{{Cite book|last=Meda|first=Anna|year=2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d9NcAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA545|chapter=''Il fuoco'', 1900|title=Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies|p=545|isbn=978-1-57958-390-3}}</ref> |
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The novel was published in English in 1900 as ''The Flame of Life''. A new translation was published in 1991 as ''The Flame''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=myLDA0_brhcC&pg=PA336|title=Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L|page=336}}</ref> |
The novel was published in English in 1900 as ''The Flame of Life''. A new translation was published in 1991 as ''The Flame''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=myLDA0_brhcC&pg=PA336|title=Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L|page=336}}</ref> |
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It was conceived as the first part in a trilogy, ''The |
It was conceived as the first part in a trilogy, ''The Novels of the Pomegranate'' (''Romanzi del melograno''), but the two other books were never written.<ref name="meda" /> |
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* [https://archive.org/details/ilfuoco00dannuoft ''Il fuoco''] at [[Archive.org]] {{ |
* [https://archive.org/details/ilfuoco00dannuoft ''Il fuoco''] at [[Archive.org]] {{in lang|it}} |
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* [https://archive.org/details/cu31924027482334 ''The Flame of Life''] (Kassandra Vivaria, pseudonym for Magda Sinici, 1900) at Archive.org |
* [https://archive.org/details/cu31924027482334 ''The Flame of Life''] (Kassandra Vivaria, pseudonym for Magda Sinici, 1900) at [[Archive.org]] |
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* [https://archive.org/details/cu31924027482375 ''The Flame''] (Dora Knowlton Ranous, 1907) at Archive.org |
* [https://archive.org/details/cu31924027482375 ''The Flame''] ([[Dora Knowlton Ranous]], 1907) at [[Archive.org]] |
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* [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/606015 ''The Flame''] ([[Dora Knowlton Ranous]], 1907) at [[Project Gutenberg]] |
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Latest revision as of 14:36, 11 November 2024
The Flame (Italian: Il fuoco) is a 1900 novel by the Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio. It is set in 1883 Venice and tells the story of a young artist and his mistress, a famous but quickly aging actress. The story was inspired by D'Annunzio's relationship with the actress Eleonora Duse. The novel contains expositions of many of D'Annunzio's theories about drama, largely inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche and Richard Wagner.[1]
The novel was published in English in 1900 as The Flame of Life. A new translation was published in 1991 as The Flame.[2]
It was conceived as the first part in a trilogy, The Novels of the Pomegranate (Romanzi del melograno), but the two other books were never written.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Meda, Anna (2007). "Il fuoco, 1900". Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies. p. 545. ISBN 978-1-57958-390-3.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L. p. 336.
External links
[edit]- Il fuoco at Archive.org (in Italian)
- The Flame of Life (Kassandra Vivaria, pseudonym for Magda Sinici, 1900) at Archive.org
- The Flame (Dora Knowlton Ranous, 1907) at Archive.org
- The Flame (Dora Knowlton Ranous, 1907) at Project Gutenberg
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