Daniele Benati Books

Caravaggio to Canaletto - A stunning exhibition catalogue from the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest. The catalogue seeks to provide a comprehensive picture of Italian Baroque and Rococo painting, containing numerous new research results pertaining to issues of attribution, iconography and collecton history relating to the discussed period. The exhibition catalogue charts the twin-track rise of the post-Renaissance naturalism of Caravaggio and his followers - reaching scandalous heights as early as 1593 with his Boy with a Basket of Fruit - and the formal classicism of Carracci and Reni.

Elf Italiener hat es in ein fremdes Land verschlagen und das Schicksal meint es nicht besonders gut mit ihnen. Es ist kalt und sie kennen niemanden. In der Mystic Avenue, einer Straße voller Merkwürdigkeiten und verwirrender Verknüpfungen, laufen die Fäden der Handlung zusammen. Hier wohnen die Helden des Romans. Wollen sie ihre Wohnstatt betreten, so führt sie ihr Weg durch ein McDonalds-Restaurant über eine riesige Abortanlage in eine Universität und von dort über eine Wendeltreppe in ihre Behausungen. Dort warten sie auf die Begegnung mit ihrer Muse, auf ihre Geliebte oder einen Anruf, aber sie finden weder Anschluss noch etwas zu tun. Ihre Ausflüge in die Außenwelt werfen Fragen auf, auf die es keine Antwort gibt. Benati verrät seinen Lesern nicht, warum seine Helden in der Fremde leben müssen: Wurden sie zwangsweise expatriiert oder bewegen sie sich als Botschafter ihres Heimatlandes, gewissermaßen in diplomatischer Mission, auf unbekanntem Terrain? Bewegen sie sich überhaupt? Oder treten sie eigentlich nur auf der Stelle? Gibt es eine Instanz im Hintergrund wie den Gerichtshof in Kafkas Prozess oder sind sie selbst, die Helden des Romans, die Ursache der Befremdlichkeit der sie umgebenden Welt sind?

"Since its publication in 1914, Dubliners has been arguably the most famous collection of short stories written in English. Through what James Joyce described as their "style of scrupulous meanness," the stories collectively present a direct, sometimes searing view of the city of Dublin in the twentieth century. This Norton Critical Edition is based on Hans Walter Gabler's scholarly edition and includes Gabler's edited text, his textual notes, and a newly revised version of his introduction, which details and discusses the complicated publication history of Dubliners. Explanatory annotations are provided by the volume editor, Margot Norris." ""Contexts" is a rich collection of materials intended to bring Dubliners to life for twenty-first-century readers. The Irish capital of a century ago is captured through photographs, maps, songs, newspaper items, and advertising. Early versions of two of the stories and Joyce's satirical poem about his publication woes provide additional background." ""Criticism" includes eight interpretive essays that illuminate some of the stories most frequently taught and discussed -"Araby," "Eveline," "After the Race," "The Boarding House," "Counterparts," "A Painful Case," and "The Dead." The contributors are David G. Wright, Heyward Ehrlich, Margot Norris, James Fairhall, Fritz Senn, Morris Beja, Roberta Jackson, and Vincent J. Cheng. A Selected Bibliography is also included."--BOOK JACKET.

Undici racconti popolati da quella bizzarra specie di personaggi che non si è accorta di morire e continua a tornare sul luogo della propria vita. "Ci sono molte credenze legate ai morti, che però in tempi moderni non valgono più. La gente non ci crede o non ci pensa, ecco il perché. Ma dice un tale dalle mie parti che i morti tornano spesso dove han vissuto, delle volte passandoci in treno di notte, oppure delle altre compiendo un'azione tipica della loro vita. Come quel muratore di Marmirolo che un giorno è tornato al suo paese dopo tanti anni che era morto, ha costruito una casa, poi è tornato via." Comincia così il primo degli undici racconti dedicati a chi non si è accorto di morire, sullo sfondo di un'Emilia silenziosa e grigia.