Il medioevo citato di Giovanni Pascoli. Re Enzo fra storia e simbolo

Abstract

This essay examines Giovanni Pascoli’s Canzoni di Re Enzio within the nineteenth-century context of medieval revival. Far from stylizations and adaptations, the philological precision of the evocation of historical facts is linked to the tragedy of human destiny. The Swabians’ res gestae and, with them, the epos of all times reveal their vanity. In the tragic recognition of human destiny, instead, the poet sees the necessity to go beyond the logic of oppressors and oppressed, in order to face the challenges of the new era.

Keywords

• pascoli
• middle ages