The Shakespearian sublime and Freudian sublimation in Verdi and Boito’s “Otello”

Authors

  • Rocco Coronato Università di Padova

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6093/sigma.v0i1.5498

Abstract

The article focuses on the techniques of appropriation used by Arrigo Boito while writing the libretto of Verdi’s Otello. By way of a sustained comparison between Boito’s libretto, the original Shakespearian text and the then available major traslations in Italian and in French, the article especially investigates the processes of condensation and coinage used by Boito and employs the Freudian notion of the sublimation of Eros as a way of assessing the changes.

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Author Biography

Rocco Coronato, Università di Padova

Rocco Coronato insegna Letteratura Inglese presso l’Università di Padova. Si interessa in chiave interdisciplinare alla letteratura soprattutto drammatica del periodo early modern; si occupa anche dell’applicazione della teoria della complessità e della network theory all’interpretazione letteraria nell’ambito delle digital humanities. Ha appena pubblicato Shakespeare, Caravaggio, and the Indistinct Regard (Routledge 2018).

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Published

2018-03-22

How to Cite

Coronato, R. (2018). The Shakespearian sublime and Freudian sublimation in Verdi and Boito’s “Otello”. SigMa - Rivista Di Letterature Comparate, Teatro E Arti Dello Spettacolo, (1), 305–326. https://doi.org/10.6093/sigma.v0i1.5498

Issue

No. 1 (2017): The sense of an ending in contemporary fiction

Section

Varia

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