Ammirazione o rivalità? Silvio Pellico nei “Mémoires d’outre-tombe”

In certain chapters of his Mémoires d’outre-tombe, François-René de Chateaubriand extensively refers to Le mie prigioni by Silvio Pellico, where the author recounts his fate as a political prisoner under the Habsburg Empire. While undoubtedly testifying the Chateaubriand admiration for Pellico, thes...

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Main Author: Marguerite Bordry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nicola Catelli - Corrado Confalonieri 2019-06-01
Series:Parole Rubate
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Online Access:http://www.parolerubate.unipr.it/fascicolo19_pdf/F19_9_bordry_chateaubriand.pdf
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Summary:In certain chapters of his Mémoires d’outre-tombe, François-René de Chateaubriand extensively refers to Le mie prigioni by Silvio Pellico, where the author recounts his fate as a political prisoner under the Habsburg Empire. While undoubtedly testifying the Chateaubriand admiration for Pellico, these references also reveal an attempt to identify himself with the Italian writer and even to appropriate one of his characters.
ISSN:2039-0114