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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 "Clizia" in his poetry, a coded [[senhal]]<ref>[http://www.italica.rai.it/scheda.php?scheda=montale_clizia italica.rai.it]</ref> especially prominent in ''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 in 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 "Clizia" in his poetry, a coded [[senhal]]<ref>[http://www.italica.rai.it/scheda.php?scheda=montale_clizia italica.rai.it]</ref> especially prominent in ''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 in 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 funded in her memory the Irma Brandeis Professorship of Romance Culture and Literature at [[Bard College]]. 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]] |
Brandeis was a close friend of the poet [[James Merrill]], who funded in her memory the Irma Brandeis Professorship of Romance Culture and Literature at [[Bard College]] (where Brandeis taught from 1944 until her semi-retirement in 1979).<ref name=NYTimesObit>New York Times. [http://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/31/obituaries/irma-brandeis-professor-84.html Irma Brandeis, Professor, 84], 31 January 1990. Accessed 26 May 2013.</ref> 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]] after 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 13:36, 26 May 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 "Clizia" in his poetry, a coded senhal[1] especially prominent in Le Occasioni.[2] The love story is narrated in Montale's posthumous book Lettere a Clizia (A. Mondadori, Milan 2006).
Brandeis was a close friend of the poet James Merrill, who funded in her memory the Irma Brandeis Professorship of Romance Culture and Literature at Bard College (where Brandeis taught from 1944 until her semi-retirement in 1979).[3] 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 after her death.[4]
References
- ^ italica.rai.it
- ^ Montale, Ungaretti, Saba: guida alla lettura by Tommaso Testaverde, on books.google.it
- ^ New York Times. Irma Brandeis, Professor, 84, 31 January 1990. Accessed 26 May 2013.
- ^ 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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