Peasants Wake for Fellini's Casanova and Other Poems

by Zanzotto, Andrea; Welle, John P.; Feldman, Ruth; Fellini, Federico; Murer, Augusto

• ISBN13: 9780252066108
• ISBN10: 0252066103
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr

Summary

The main body of this volume is a unique film poem that grew out of Zanzotto's collaboration with Frederico Fellini on the film Casanova. The poem's beauty is enhanced by its presentation in the original Veneto dialect along with contemporary Italian and English. With reference to Finnegans Wake and utilizing Fellini-inspired myth, the trilingual play of the poetry is rich in layers, rich in meanings. Including drawings by Fellini and illustrations by Murer, this volume also contains poems dedicated to Montzale, Pasolini, and Charlie Chaplin - and the first English translation of Zanzotto's poem on the tragedy of Bosnia - all together in an unusual and beautiful format.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Translators' Note
Acknowledgments
Letter from Federico Fellini to Andrea Zanzotto	p. 5
Venetian Recitative	p. 10
London Lullaby	p. 42
Peasants Wake	p. 54
Observations on the Meaning and the Situation of the Dialects in Italy in the Late Twentieth Century	p. 87
Orthographic Note	p. 91
Peoples	p. 94
Spheres	p. 98
Horizons	p. 100
I Would Like to Know	p. 104
Nino in the Eighties	p. 110
Going Out to Sew	p. 114
Where Are They?	p. 122
For Eugenio Montale on His Eightieth Birthday	p. 138
In Memory of Pasolini	p. 142
When Toti Died	p. 146
Charlie Chaplin and Gigetto	p. 150
And Amen	p. 160
Small and Humble Occupations	p. 170
Log Haulers	p. 174
Wheelwright	p. 176
Herdsmen	p. 178
Blacksmith	p. 180
Umbrella Man	p. 182
Tinkers and Tinsmiths	p. 184
Knife-Grinder	p. 186
Chairmakers, Chairmenders	p. 188
Spinners	p. 190
Washerwomen	p. 192
High, Other Diction, Beyond Idiom?	p. 196
Docile, Reluctant	p. 200
Silvery Tangles of Your Wanderings	p. 208
In Each of These Houses	p. 210
Ticking (Like a Geiger Counter)	p. 212
Other Poppies	p. 216
Notes and Commentary	p. 221
Note on the Author, Editors/Translators, and Artists	p. 227
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