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The Flame

Gabriele d'Annunzio

3.37/5 (83 ratings)

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That Book ... that perverse Book -- Eleanora Dusa.

First published in Italian in 1900, The Flame is one of the most sensational works of the fin-de-siecle and is justifiably notorious due to its being a thinly-veiled account of the author's tempestuous affair with the legendary actress, Eleanora Dusa. A contemporary critic called it the most swinish novel ever written. Sarah Bernhardt returned her presentation copy to the author unopened. Writing in a florid style reminiscent of Henry James and Walter Pater, D'Annunzio uses turn of the century Venice as a backdrop in this study of the passionate struggle of two gifted artists for supremacy in love and art, and of the difference between male and female fantasy. After almost a century of neglect, D'Annunzio's insight into the nature of passion and the power of language remains disturbingly intact.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 312 pages

Publication:: 1999

Publisher:: Marsilio Pub

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1568860625

ISBN13:: 9781568860626

kindle Asin:: B0814XZWLK

The Flame

Gabriele d'Annunzio

3.37/5 (83 ratings)

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That Book ... that perverse Book -- Eleanora Dusa.

First published in Italian in 1900, The Flame is one of the most sensational works of the fin-de-siecle and is justifiably notorious due to its being a thinly-veiled account of the author's tempestuous affair with the legendary actress, Eleanora Dusa. A contemporary critic called it the most swinish novel ever written. Sarah Bernhardt returned her presentation copy to the author unopened. Writing in a florid style reminiscent of Henry James and Walter Pater, D'Annunzio uses turn of the century Venice as a backdrop in this study of the passionate struggle of two gifted artists for supremacy in love and art, and of the difference between male and female fantasy. After almost a century of neglect, D'Annunzio's insight into the nature of passion and the power of language remains disturbingly intact.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 312 pages

Publication:: 1999

Publisher:: Marsilio Pub

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1568860625

ISBN13:: 9781568860626

kindle Asin:: B0814XZWLK

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