“Il più grande dopo Shakespeare”: Fenoglio e Lawrence d’Arabia

This article examines a selection of references to the figure of Lawrence of Arabia in Fenoglio’s work, direct quotations from his writings, his recollections, and personal re-elaborations, thus expanding the list of already familiar allusions. On these premises and through the limited documentary s...

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Main Author: Valter Boggione
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Language:English
Published: Nicola Catelli - Corrado Confalonieri 2023-12-01
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Online Access:http://www.parolerubate.unipr.it/fascicolo28_pdf/F28_2_boggione_lawrence.pdf
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description This article examines a selection of references to the figure of Lawrence of Arabia in Fenoglio’s work, direct quotations from his writings, his recollections, and personal re-elaborations, thus expanding the list of already familiar allusions. On these premises and through the limited documentary sources available, this study attempts to reconstruct Fenoglio’s approach to T. E. Lawrence’s texts and to demonstrate how the ways in which the war experience is represented in Seven Pillars constitute the basis for the overcoming of autobiographism in Appunti partigiani and the creation of an epic of resistance. Aiming to deliver fully original outcomes, Fenoglio carefully oscillates between affiliation and detachment, as shown by one of the best-known episodes from Partigiano Johnny – the investiture of the hero, when read in connection with Lawrence’s source.
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spelling doaj.art-4582a667e4194605a59c16eb3e1eb4482024-01-29T17:10:38ZengNicola Catelli - Corrado ConfalonieriParole Rubate2039-01142023-12-011428949“Il più grande dopo Shakespeare”: Fenoglio e Lawrence d’ArabiaValter Boggione0Università di TorinoThis article examines a selection of references to the figure of Lawrence of Arabia in Fenoglio’s work, direct quotations from his writings, his recollections, and personal re-elaborations, thus expanding the list of already familiar allusions. On these premises and through the limited documentary sources available, this study attempts to reconstruct Fenoglio’s approach to T. E. Lawrence’s texts and to demonstrate how the ways in which the war experience is represented in Seven Pillars constitute the basis for the overcoming of autobiographism in Appunti partigiani and the creation of an epic of resistance. Aiming to deliver fully original outcomes, Fenoglio carefully oscillates between affiliation and detachment, as shown by one of the best-known episodes from Partigiano Johnny – the investiture of the hero, when read in connection with Lawrence’s source. http://www.parolerubate.unipr.it/fascicolo28_pdf/F28_2_boggione_lawrence.pdfbeppe fenogliothomas edward lawrencethe italian resistanceguerrilla warfarebible
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title “Il più grande dopo Shakespeare”: Fenoglio e Lawrence d’Arabia
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title_short “Il più grande dopo Shakespeare”: Fenoglio e Lawrence d’Arabia
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thomas edward lawrence
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guerrilla warfare
bible
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