Lightning, lightning rods and thunderbolts: small catastrophes in Gadda

In Gadda’s writing we may discern a sort of submerged obession with lightning (‘fulmine’) and/or thunderbolt (‘fólgore’) as manifestations – sometimes unashamedly comic, sometimes mournful – of catastrophe. This study collects and analyses some of these ‘catastrophic scenes’, investigates their diff...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Riccardo Stracuzzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2022-08-01
Series:Griseldaonline
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Online Access:https://griseldaonline.unibo.it/article/view/14819