The steps’ rhythm and the gaze of the road. Between Mayakovsky and Dante. The essay investigates a rarely studied aspect of Dante’s fortune in Russia: the connection between Mayakovsky and Dante. A recurring presence in the Russian culture of the time, Dante is explicitly mentioned in Mayakovsky’s poetry. Dizzying views from up high suddenly open up in the pages of Mayakovsky’s work, in a universe that, like Dante’s Comedy, is embroidered with stars; unusual scenarios, placed beyond the limits of the visible world, arouse the same attraction in such distant poets. At times the dialogue between Dante and Mayakovsky becomes distance, so the mezzo del cammin «the middle of the journey of our life» is contrasted by the brazen impudence of youth. In a circular move, which allows art to travel in time and space, the essay comes to its end by reconstructing elements of the universe depicted by Mayakovsky in the linguistic transit of Dante’s Hell, translated into contemporary English.

Il ritmo dei passi e lo sguardo della strada. Fra Majakovskij e Dante / Ronchetti, Barbara. - In: CRITICA DEL TESTO. - ISSN 1127-1140. - XXIV / 3, 2021(2021), pp. 203-227.

Il ritmo dei passi e lo sguardo della strada. Fra Majakovskij e Dante

Barbara Ronchetti
2021

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The steps’ rhythm and the gaze of the road. Between Mayakovsky and Dante. The essay investigates a rarely studied aspect of Dante’s fortune in Russia: the connection between Mayakovsky and Dante. A recurring presence in the Russian culture of the time, Dante is explicitly mentioned in Mayakovsky’s poetry. Dizzying views from up high suddenly open up in the pages of Mayakovsky’s work, in a universe that, like Dante’s Comedy, is embroidered with stars; unusual scenarios, placed beyond the limits of the visible world, arouse the same attraction in such distant poets. At times the dialogue between Dante and Mayakovsky becomes distance, so the mezzo del cammin «the middle of the journey of our life» is contrasted by the brazen impudence of youth. In a circular move, which allows art to travel in time and space, the essay comes to its end by reconstructing elements of the universe depicted by Mayakovsky in the linguistic transit of Dante’s Hell, translated into contemporary English.
2021
Mayakovsky and Dante; intertextuality; Dante’s appreciation in Russia
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Il ritmo dei passi e lo sguardo della strada. Fra Majakovskij e Dante / Ronchetti, Barbara. - In: CRITICA DEL TESTO. - ISSN 1127-1140. - XXIV / 3, 2021(2021), pp. 203-227.
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