No. 4 (2023): Una / Κοινῇ - Rivista di studi sul classico e sulla sua ricezione nella letteratura italiana moderna e contemporanea
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“Marmo che hai il nome antico dell’anima”: an aesthetics of Psyche’s female body in Sibilla Aleramo and Alberto Savinio’s rewritings

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  • Niccolò Cencetti
Published December 15, 2023
Keywords
  • Cupid and Psyche; rewritings; Aleramo; Savinio; aesthetic
How to Cite
Cencetti , N. (2023). “Marmo che hai il nome antico dell’anima”: an aesthetics of Psyche’s female body in Sibilla Aleramo and Alberto Savinio’s rewritings. Una Κοινῇ - Magazine of Studies on the Classic and Its Reception in Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature, (4), 32-55. Retrieved from https://unakoine.it/index.php/unaK/article/view/121

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Abstract

After providing some theoretical coordinates aimed at problematizing the fable of Cupid and Psyche, this article aims to analyze the aesthetic paradigms of Psyche in the rewritings of Sibilla Aleramo (Dialogo con Psiche) and Alberto Savinio (Angelica o la notte di maggio; La nostra anima), so as to demonstrate the metamorphoses of a myth, as well as the influence that the appearance of the Apulian heroine had for the reception of the fable and for the multitude of interpretations.

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