In Praise of Birds. Followed by Singing of the Wild Rooster.
Marguerite Waknine| N° d'inventaire | 23709 |
| Format | 15 x 21 |
| Détails | 23 p., notebook. |
| Publication | Angoulême, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9791094565704 |
Exactly two hundred years ago, Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) conceived the project of the Petites oeuvres morales, a singular collection of short texts in which we can encounter a number of characters, such as Tasso and his demon, a gnome and his will-o'-the-wisp, fashion and death... We find there all of Leopardi's obsession with scrutinizing the nothingness of all things, this deliberate desire to vividly represent the nullity of things and to make us feel the inevitable unhappiness of life, as he writes elsewhere, in his Zibaldone. Among these Petites oeuvres, two marvels: In Praise of Birds and Song of the Wild Cock, where we are once again surprised to discover this luminous lyricism in the service of the darkest pessimism. Giacomo Leopardi himself had noted it:
My philosophy is not the kind that appeals to this century. It remains to be seen whether it can appeal to ours.
Exactly two hundred years ago, Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) conceived the project of the Petites oeuvres morales, a singular collection of short texts in which we can encounter a number of characters, such as Tasso and his demon, a gnome and his will-o'-the-wisp, fashion and death... We find there all of Leopardi's obsession with scrutinizing the nothingness of all things, this deliberate desire to vividly represent the nullity of things and to make us feel the inevitable unhappiness of life, as he writes elsewhere, in his Zibaldone. Among these Petites oeuvres, two marvels: In Praise of Birds and Song of the Wild Cock, where we are once again surprised to discover this luminous lyricism in the service of the darkest pessimism. Giacomo Leopardi himself had noted it:
My philosophy is not the kind that appeals to this century. It remains to be seen whether it can appeal to ours.