On a Sketch of the Gulf of Naples. Considerations on the Mythological System of Ugo Foscolo’s Inni alle Grazie
This paper sheds light on the creative process of the composition of Ugo Foscolo’s fragmentary and unfinished Inni alle Grazie, evoking the idea that all the myths and the stories inherent to the poem are connected to each other within the different editorial stages of the poem. My analysis consider...
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2025
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| Summary: | This paper sheds light on the creative process of the composition of Ugo Foscolo’s fragmentary and unfinished Inni alle Grazie, evoking the idea that all the myths and the stories inherent to the poem are connected to each other within the different editorial stages of the poem. My analysis considers a drawing by Foscolo concerning the Gulf of Naples, arguing that the sketch offers the possibility to investigate Foscolo’s reinvention of the myth of the Erinyes and Galatea as well as the references to Vergil in the hymns. The findings demonstrate that Foscolo’s fragments of Inni alle Grazie can be considered not only in their diachronicity as a progressive transformation of the text, but also in their synchronicity as a network of myths and stories that expand similarly to concentric circles on the water and which are resistant to closure. Furthermore, the paper highlights the strong bond between Foscolo’s Dissertation on an Ancient Hymn to the Graces and the Temples of Graces at Woburn Abbey where Canova’s sculpture of Three Graces was displayed. |
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