From a strictly biographical point of view, the element that emerges from the novel is Pascal D’Angelo’s conviction of being primarily a poet who narrates his story as a making of himself as a poet in the English language. In this sense, this article intends to demonstrate the importance of the British romantic tradition in the formation of Pascal D’Angelo. In particular, his poetic production is greatly inspired by the poets of the second generation of English Romanticism who most struck his sensitivity, namely, P.B. Shelley (especially “Prometheus Unbound”) and John Keats whose “Endymion” he greatly admired. Indeed, from the poetical works of Shelley and Keats, D’Angelo drew the diction that he adopted to express his personal experience first as an Italian emigrant and then as the author of Son of Italy.
Pascal D’Angelo’s Literary Itinerary: Poetry and Poetic Models in Son of Italy
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2026-01-01
Abstract
From a strictly biographical point of view, the element that emerges from the novel is Pascal D’Angelo’s conviction of being primarily a poet who narrates his story as a making of himself as a poet in the English language. In this sense, this article intends to demonstrate the importance of the British romantic tradition in the formation of Pascal D’Angelo. In particular, his poetic production is greatly inspired by the poets of the second generation of English Romanticism who most struck his sensitivity, namely, P.B. Shelley (especially “Prometheus Unbound”) and John Keats whose “Endymion” he greatly admired. Indeed, from the poetical works of Shelley and Keats, D’Angelo drew the diction that he adopted to express his personal experience first as an Italian emigrant and then as the author of Son of Italy.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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