N. 2 (2018): Epistolari dal Due al Seicento. Modelli, questioni ecdotiche, edizioni, cantieri aperti
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Le lettere del Marino e la cultura di primo Seicento

Emilio Russo
Sapienza - Università di Roma
In copertina: Cornelis Norbertus Gysbrechts, Quodlibet, 1675: olio su tela, 41 x 34,5 cm; Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Colonia; pubblico dominio

Pubblicato 22.12.2018

Parole chiave

  • Marino Giovan Battista,
  • Barocco,
  • Letteratura italiana del XVII secolo,
  • Filologia della letteratura italiana,
  • Letteratura epistolare,
  • Corrispondenze letterarie
  • ...Più
    Meno

Abstract

The essay examines the corpus of Giovan Battista Marino's known letters and, acknowledging how many letters have been lost, seeks to reconstruct the geographical and chronological distribution of the recipients. The second part includes close readings of several letters that are expressive Marino's passion for works of art (drawings and paintings by early seventeenth-century artists) and several in which he passes judgment on the works of some contemporary poets.