Abstract
Even though the Sirens' song poses a deadly threat to whoever listens to it, it is also paralleled to knowledge and poetry itself. The present study examines the Homeric archetype and its rewriting in Giovanni Pascoli's "Ultimo viaggio" (in "Poemi conviviali", 1904), with a wiew to illustrating how in the former case the Sirens are a danger to steer clear of, while in the latter they are the ultimate goal of Ulysses' quest for identity and the absolute - yet, this time the Sirens are silent and elusive.
Translated title of the contribution | [Autom. eng. transl.] The Sirens, poetry, death. Notes on Homer and Pascoli |
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Original language | Italian |
Pages (from-to) | 177-184 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | L'ANALISI LINGUISTICA E LETTERARIA |
Volume | 22 |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- Homer
- Omero
- Pascoli, Giovanni
- Sirene
- Sirens