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Micòl e Felicita. Guido Gozzano nel "Giardino dei Finzi-Contini
Valter Boggione2019, Parole Rubate : Rivista Internazionale di Studi sulla Citazione
Focusing on some quotations from Guido Gozzano (La signorina Felicita e In casa del sopravvissuto) in Giorgio Bassani's Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini, this essay shows that the novelist offers a far from obvious reading of the Turinese poet. Bassani's reading of Gozzano is, indeed centred on the connection between the experience of death and the choice of literature. Even though both novelist and poet have a similar attitude towards literature, Gozzano aims to remove the vital content of existence. Bassani, instead, tends to ensure the persistence of life beyond the horror.
