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In her visits to [[Italy]] between 1933 and 1939 Brandeis became acquainted with the poet [[Eugenio Montale]] and was the inspiration for the metaphysical figure - [[senhal]] (code name)<ref>[http://www.italica.rai.it/scheda.php?scheda=montale_clizia italica.rai.it]</ref> Clizia in his poetry (especially on ''Le Occasioni'').<ref>[http://books.google.it/books?id=CzUfQBmlm0kC&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&dq=montale+clizia+le+occasioni&source=bl&ots=9RJgVofUfS&sig=eKGeDIA2lI9-E9WqiVgsaCK7yUc&hl=it&ei=W6uSStaYHNaEsAbqxPGlDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9#v=onepage&q=&f=false Montale, Ungaretti, Saba: guida alla lettura] by Tommaso Testaverde, on books.google.it</ref> The love story is narrated on Montale's posthumous book ''Lettere a Clizia'' (A. Mondadori, Milan 2006). |
In her visits to [[Italy]] between 1933 and 1939 Brandeis became acquainted with the poet [[Eugenio Montale]] and was the inspiration for the metaphysical figure - [[senhal]] (code name)<ref>[http://www.italica.rai.it/scheda.php?scheda=montale_clizia italica.rai.it]</ref> Clizia in his poetry (especially on ''Le Occasioni'').<ref>[http://books.google.it/books?id=CzUfQBmlm0kC&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&dq=montale+clizia+le+occasioni&source=bl&ots=9RJgVofUfS&sig=eKGeDIA2lI9-E9WqiVgsaCK7yUc&hl=it&ei=W6uSStaYHNaEsAbqxPGlDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9#v=onepage&q=&f=false Montale, Ungaretti, Saba: guida alla lettura] by Tommaso Testaverde, on books.google.it</ref> The love story is narrated on Montale's posthumous book ''Lettere a Clizia'' (A. Mondadori, Milan 2006). |
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Brandeis was a close friend of the poet [[James Merrill]], who wrote in his 1993 memoir, ''A Different Person'', about efforts to reconcile Brandeis with Montale late in |
Brandeis was a close friend of the poet [[James Merrill]], who funded a professorship in Romance Studies at [[Bard College]] in her memory. Merrill wrote in his 1993 memoir, ''A Different Person'', about efforts to reconcile Brandeis with Montale late in life, and of contacting Brandeis through a [[Ouija board]] following her death.<ref name="Merrill">Merrill, James. ''A Different Person.'' New York: Knopf, 1993, Chapter XIV; quoted in Merrill, James. ''Collected Prose''. New York: Knopf, 2004, pp. 604-607..</ref> |
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Revision as of 16:39, 21 March 2013
Irma Brandeis (1905–1990) was an American scholar of Dante Alighieri. Her work The Ladder of Vision was acclaimed as a breakthrough in Dantean studies upon its publication in the 1960s.
In her visits to Italy between 1933 and 1939 Brandeis became acquainted with the poet Eugenio Montale and was the inspiration for the metaphysical figure - senhal (code name)[1] Clizia in his poetry (especially on Le Occasioni).[2] The love story is narrated on Montale's posthumous book Lettere a Clizia (A. Mondadori, Milan 2006).
Brandeis was a close friend of the poet James Merrill, who funded a professorship in Romance Studies at Bard College in her memory. Merrill wrote in his 1993 memoir, A Different Person, about efforts to reconcile Brandeis with Montale late in life, and of contacting Brandeis through a Ouija board following her death.[3]
References
- ^ italica.rai.it
- ^ Montale, Ungaretti, Saba: guida alla lettura by Tommaso Testaverde, on books.google.it
- ^ Merrill, James. A Different Person. New York: Knopf, 1993, Chapter XIV; quoted in Merrill, James. Collected Prose. New York: Knopf, 2004, pp. 604-607..
External links
- Brandeis' defense of Allen Mandelbaum's translation of the Divine Comedy
- Contemporary Archive "Alessandro Bonsanti"
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