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Il sorriso del conte zio. Manzoni, Sade e l’omaggio alla Vergine

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Camilletti, Fabio (2016) Il sorriso del conte zio. Manzoni, Sade e l’omaggio alla Vergine. Enthymema , 14 . pp. 231-246. doi:10.13130/2037-2426/6959

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Abstract

The essay examines the figure of Lucia from Manzoni’s I promessi sposi, in the light of the literary ‘type’ of the ‘persecuted maiden’, at the intersection between hagiography, libertine literature, sentimental novel, Gothic narrative, and Romantic literature. In particular, through a comparative analysis of the frontispieces of I promessi sposi and of the 1791 edition of Justine, it focuses on the similarities, suggesting their reciprocal specularity, in being both answers (only apparently antithetical) to the metaphysical problem of evil. From this angle, the essay analyses the influence, on both Manzoni and Sade, of the figure of Mary, in the years witnessing – as a reaction against the secularization promoted by the Enlightenment and the French revolution – to a renewed worship for the Holy Virgin, later culminating in the promulgation of the Immaculate Conception dogma (1854) and the apparitions at Lourdes (1858).

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PQ Romance literatures
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > Italian
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Manzoni, Alessandro, 1785-1873 , Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814, Italian literature -- 19th century, French literature -- 18th century, Lucia Mondella (Fictitious character)
Journal or Publication Title: Enthymema
Publisher: Universita degli Studi di Milano * Facolta di Lettere e Filosofia
ISSN: 2037-2426
Official Date: 2016
Dates:
DateEvent
2016Published
11 April 2016Accepted
Date of first compliant deposit: 13 June 2016
Volume: 14
Page Range: pp. 231-246
DOI: 10.13130/2037-2426/6959
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access

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