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Quaderno poetico #1: Our man Bigongiari
Theodore Ell University of Sydney The eyes follow you. They have been following me for six years. They belong to the Florentine poet Piero Bigongiari (1914-1997), one of the so-called terza...
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Quaderno poetico #2: Peeling off the labels
Theodore Ell University of Sydney When you write about authors who aren’t household names, the first thing you’re expected to do is place them somewhere in history, otherwise their writing won’t make...
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Quaderno poetico #3: How the poetry works (I)
Theodore Ell University of Sydney Once the historical labels are removed, the project of getting to know Piero Bigongiari arrives at the biggest question: if the idea of ermetismo is not the key to...
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Quaderno poetico #4: How the poetry works (II)
Theodore Ell University of Sydney What do you notice about these two samples of poetry? “…se il vento rintocca nelle corti / come un rullo sordo e opaco di tamburo, / un ululo fedele accanto al muro...
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Quaderno poetico #6: Going behind the scenes (II) – Archives
Theodore Ell University of Sydney This is the first of two posts about working in archives, where so many of us spend so much our time, in Italy and elsewhere. My work concentrates on the Florentine...
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