Scene of the encounter between the poet and the Muse in the poem Urania by Alessandro Manzoni in the light of the classical tradition. Structural analysis Cover Image

Scena dell’incontro tra il poeta e la Musa nel poemetto Urania di Alessandro Manzoni alla luce della tradizione classica. Analisi strutturale
Scene of the encounter between the poet and the Muse in the poem Urania by Alessandro Manzoni in the light of the classical tradition. Structural analysis

Author(s): Alicja Raczyńska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Manzoni; Neoclassicism; Urania; Pindar; classical tradition

Summary/Abstract: The short poem Urania is the last neoclassical work of Alessandro Manzoni, one of the greatest representatives of Italian Romanticism. This paper analyses the chance meeting between Pindar and the Muse Urania. It examines whether this scene is structured in the same way as those in which chance meetings between poets and divinities take place in ancient literature. My analysis is inspired by research conducted by Tomasz Mojsik — a Polish scholar in history and classical philology — on the role of the Muses in Ancient Greek culture.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 39-45
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Italian