Eroticism and melancholy. Considerations on Werther (1990)

Authors

  • Giuliano Baioni Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6093/sigma.v0i4.7514

Keywords:

sentimental novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther, dandy

Abstract

This contribution was published in the volume Il romanzo sentimentale (1740-1814), ed. by P. Amalfitano, F. Fiorentino, G. Merlino, Pordenone, Edizioni Studio Tesi, 1990, pp. 125-138 («Collezione Biblioteca», LXXXIV).

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Author Biography

Giuliano Baioni, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Giuliano Baioni (1926-2004) taught in Trieste, Palermo, Padova, Essen, Bologna and was a full professor of German Language and Literature at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, where he was appointed emeritus professor in 2002. Specialised in works of G. Benn; F. Nietzsche; J. W. Goethe and F. Kafka, he obtained both Premio Gorizia and Premio Grinzane Cavour in 1998 for his scientific career. Among his writings: Kafka: romanzo e parabola (1962); Classicismo e Rivoluzione: Goethe e la Rivoluzione francese (1969); Kafka: letteratura ed ebraismo (1984); Il Giovane Goethe (1996). His last work was the publication of the Fontane’s Opere for “Meridiani” by Mondadori (2003).
He edited many works, including: J. W. Goethe, Inni (1967); G. Benn, Poesie statiche, (1998); Il Romanzo tedesco del Novecento (Dai Buddenbrook alle nuove forme sperimentali (1973); F. Kafka, Opere: Il processo, racconti, (1974); F. Kafka, Schizzi, parabole, aforismi (1983); R. M. Rilke, Poesie (1994); Il sublime e il nulla: il nichilismo tedesco dal Settecento al Novecento (2006).

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Published

2020-12-21

How to Cite

Baioni, G. (2020). Eroticism and melancholy. Considerations on Werther (1990). SigMa - Rivista Di Letterature Comparate, Teatro E Arti Dello Spettacolo, (4), 859–869. https://doi.org/10.6093/sigma.v0i4.7514

Issue

No. 4 (2020): The representation of the Cold war in literature and the arts (1947-1989)

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Dalla Biblioteca Malatesta

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