Gabriele D'Annunzio: Defiant ArchangelNovelist, playwright, and poet Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938) shocked and dazzled early twentieth-century Europe with his sexual exploits, military feats, and political escapades. More than any other figure since the unification of Italy, he casts a shadow forward to the present day. His relationships with the worlds of Italian culture, theatre, and politics were unique, fiery, and always controversial. His literary achievements have influenced generations of Italian writers. This is the most authoritative biography of the man in any language. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Early Life and Experience | 8 |
The Conquest of Rome | 36 |
Life into Art | 67 |
Naples and Beyond | 98 |
On Stage with Eleonora Duse | 138 |
The Poet as Politician | 163 |
The Tuscan Idyll | 194 |
From Dalliance to Exile | 221 |
DAnnunzio in France | 250 |
Intervention and War | 283 |
The Invasion of Fiume | 315 |
Theatre of Memory | 353 |
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