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Journal | Archivio d’Annunzio
Monographic journal issue | 9 | 2022
Research Article | Lo studio delle mani del Piacere

Lo studio delle mani del Piacere

Abstract

The article studies the recurrent image of the hand in Il piacere, the first d’Annunzio’s work where the theme, appearing in his earlier works, takes on a central role. The essay shows how the author dwells on gestures and on hands because, referring to Leonardo’s theories and to the symbolist poetics of the end of the century, they would be the external manifestation of an individual’s character. The representation of the hand will be constant in d’Annunzio’s prose and poetry, where the chiromancer author relies on hand gestures to better represent the complicated psychological traits of his characters.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: April 14, 2022 | Accepted: June 12, 2022 | Published Oct. 28, 2022 | Language: it

Keywords Gesture • Piacere • D’Annunzio • Hand • Leonardo

Copyright © 2022 Nicola Di Nino. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/AdA/2421-292X/2022/01/030


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