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Riconoscersi ed essere riconosciuto
Il nome proprio e il ruolo pubblico di Giovanni Della Casa
Abstract
One of the most interesting characteristics of Giovanni Della Casa is his troubled identity, which is reflected in the conflicting relationship that he maintains with his name. The purpose of this paper is to examine the ways in which the author uses his name, by dividing his biography into three stages: youth (1503-1537), middle age (1537-1550), final years (1550-1556), with particular regards to his letters and poems. The early sense of disorientation, the demanding efforts of the ecclesiastical career and the frustration for not having achieved the cardinalship are some of the most remarkable stages of his life, during which Della Casa repeatedly wavers between the sincere need to identify himself with his name and the deceptive need to control his public role as well as to be recognizable among the others.
Submitted: Oct. 6, 2016 | Language: it
Keywords Renaissance literature • Giovanni Della Casa • Self-naming and public role
Copyright © 2016 Marianna Vollono . This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Permalink http://doi.org/10.14277/6969-110-2/SR-3-10
