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Article: "In Se Da Simulacro a Fiamma Vera / Errando:" Ungaretti's poetry from Bergson to Plato.(Giuseppe Ungaretti)(Critical essay)
- Article from:
- The Romanic Review
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
- Author:
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[...] tutta la mia poesia e un modo platonico di sentire le cose, ed essa ha del resto due maestri nel campo dello spirito, da una parte Platone e i Platonici, e dall'altra Bergson: sono i due maestri che mi hanno sempre accompagnato quando io ho dovuto pensare [...].
This is an important statement that Ungaretti writes regarding the philosophical thought grounding his poetic work: it is a precise and final statement, even though offered parenthetically in the context of his fourth and last lecture delivered at Columbia University in May 1964. (1) Making this statement at the end of his poetic parabola, Ungaretti organizes his entire "life of a man," following the ...