Occult Influences on Luigi Capuana and Luigi Pirandello

Luigi Capuana (1839–1915) and Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936) were two of the most important Italian writers who lived between the XIX and XX century. Capuana was an author, poet and journalist influenced by the works of Émile Zola, French author and founder of Naturalism, who was also one of the most...

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Autor principal:	Mauro Ruggiero
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Publicado:	Institute for Literature and Art 2021
Materias:	western esotericism luigi pirandello luigi capuana esotericism and literature italian literature Language and Literature P History (General) D1-2009
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:aa008c45da5b47deacf58040ea022e012021-11-24T10:23:24ZOccult Influences on Luigi Capuana and Luigi Pirandello0350-64282738-151X10.18485/kis.2020.52.172.6https://doaj.org/article/aa008c45da5b47deacf58040ea022e012021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://knjizevnaistorija.rs/index.php/home/article/view/137https://doaj.org/toc/0350-6428https://doaj.org/toc/2738-151XLuigi Capuana (1839–1915) and Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936) were two of the most important Italian writers who lived between the XIX and XX century. Capuana was an author, poet and journalist influenced by the works of Émile Zola, French author and founder of Naturalism, who was also one of the most important members of the Verist literary movement in Italy. Pirandello was a novelist, poet, short story writer, dramatist and author of 40 theatre plays. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1934, and his work is famed worldwide. Both authors were also influenced by Western Esotericism, especially by French Spiritualism and Theosophy, which is noticeable not only in their novels and theatre plays but also in their writings about the theory of literature and related articles. This paper deals with the presence of Esotericism and Occultism in the works of these authors and in the overall culture in fin de siècle Italy, in order to show just how important these topics are to better understand their poetic opus and ideas about literature, culture and society at that time.Mauro RuggieroInstitute for Literature and Artarticlewestern esotericismluigi pirandelloluigi capuanaesotericism and literatureitalian literatureLanguage and LiteraturePHistory (General)D1-2009DEENFRSLSRКњижевна историја, Vol 52, Iss 172, Pp 87-102 (2021)
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description	Luigi Capuana (1839–1915) and Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936) were two of the most important Italian writers who lived between the XIX and XX century. Capuana was an author, poet and journalist influenced by the works of Émile Zola, French author and founder of Naturalism, who was also one of the most important members of the Verist literary movement in Italy. Pirandello was a novelist, poet, short story writer, dramatist and author of 40 theatre plays. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1934, and his work is famed worldwide. Both authors were also influenced by Western Esotericism, especially by French Spiritualism and Theosophy, which is noticeable not only in their novels and theatre plays but also in their writings about the theory of literature and related articles. This paper deals with the presence of Esotericism and Occultism in the works of these authors and in the overall culture in fin de siècle Italy, in order to show just how important these topics are to better understand their poetic opus and ideas about literature, culture and society at that time.
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Occult Influences on Luigi Capuana and Luigi Pirandello

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