Il Fiore della granadiglia. Una raccolta poetica del primo Seicento bolognese e il suo contesto europeo

The essay analyzes the historical context of Il Fiore della granadiglia (Bologna, 1609), a collection of poems and discourses on the passion flower. The booklet - one of the sources for Giovan Battista Marino's Adonis ( 1623) - initiated the 17th-century fortune of the passion flower literary t...

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Published in:Annali della Scuola normale superiore di Pisa, Classe di lettere e filosofia Classe di lettere e filosofia, 2017-01, Vol.9 (1), p.101-308
Main Author: Lazzarini, Andrea
Format: Article
Language:Italian
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Le raccolte di età barocca: tipologia e storia
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Summary:The essay analyzes the historical context of Il Fiore della granadiglia (Bologna, 1609), a collection of poems and discourses on the passion flower. The booklet - one of the sources for Giovan Battista Marino's Adonis ( 1623) - initiated the 17th-century fortune of the passion flower literary theme. Between 1608 and 1609 the plant was presented to Pope Paul V, and soon after the Jesuits started promoting an European-scale publishing campaign that transformed the flower into a religious and political symbol for the Society of Jesus.
ISSN:0392-095X