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The Improvisatore: A Novel of Italy

By Hans Christian Andersen; Frank Hugus

Book information

Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Year
2018
ISBN
1517903963, 9781517903961
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10012958 bytes)
Pages
368\369
Time added
2021-02-20 10:13:08

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A semi-autobiographical novel inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s travels in Italy—and one of the author’s best-known works in his native Denmark Published to great acclaim in 1835, Hans Christian Andersen’s debut novel, The Improvisatore, initially eclipsed his fairy tales, which first appeared in the same year. Andersen, the captivating teller of enchanted tales, is very much in evidence in this classic Bildungsroman inspired by his travels in Italy earlier in the decade. The novel’s hero, Antonio—much like Andersen himself—rises from impoverished beginnings to become a successful artist, at every turn learning charming and often alarming lessons in the ways of the world.    Adopted by a nobleman, smitten with an opera singer, challenged to a duel, captured by bandits, beset by a temptress, Antonio follows a dizzying itinerary on his path to enlightenment and, perhaps, happiness. Along the way he experiences the delights of Italian culture and nature so clearly and deeply absorbed by his peripatetic author—from the inescapable power of some of the world’s most enduring paintings and sculptures to the drama of an erupting Mount Vesuvius and the rampages of wild buffalo on the Roman campagna, all in the shadow of classical mythology and in the company of characters from every level of Italian society: beggar, brigand, priest, and poet. This first English translation since the 1840s captures the brilliance and brio, the sweep and the nuance that made The Improvisatore one of Hans Christian Andersen’s most widely read and best loved works. Contents Introduction The Improvisatore Part I I My Earliest Surroundings II The Visit to the Catacombs · I Become a Choirboy · The Pretty Little Angel · The Improvisatore III The Flower Festival in Genzano IV Uncle Peppo · A Night in the Colosseum · My Departure V The Campagna VI My Visit to Palazzo Borghese · The Story of My Childhood Ends VII Life at School · Habbas Dahdah · La divina commedia · The Senator’s Nephew VIII A Pleasant and an Unpleasant Encounter · The Little Abbess · The Old Jew IX The Jewish Girl X One Year Later · The Roman Carnival · The Soprano XI Bernardo as Deus ex Machina · La prova di un opera seria · My First Improvisation · The Last Day of Carnival XII Lent · Allegri’s Miserere in the Sistine Chapel · A Visit to Bernardo · Annunziata XIII The Picture Gallery · A More Accurate Explanation · The Easter Celebration · The Turning Point of My Fate XIV The Farmers of Rocca del Papa · The Den of Thieves  · The Goddess of My Fate Part II I The Pontine Marshes · Terracina · An Old Acquaintance · The Birthplace of Fra Diavolo · The Orange Garden near Mola di Gaeta · The Neapolitan Signora · Naples II Pain and Consolation · A Closer Acquaintanceship with the Signora · The Professor · The Letter · Did I Misunderstand Her? III A Walk through Herculaneum and Pompeii · An Evening on Vesuvius IV An Unexpected Encounter · My Performance at Teatro San Carlo V Santa · The Eruption · Old Relationships VI The Journey to Paestum · The Greek Temples · The Blind Girl VII The Adventure in Amalfi · The Blue Grotto in Capri VIII The Trip Home IX My Education · The Little Abbess X Old Domenica · The Discovery · An Evening in Nepi · Terni · The Seafarer’s Song · Venice XI The Storm · A Soiree at the Home of My Banker · The Podesta’s Niece XII The Soprano XIII Poggio · Annunziata · Maria XIV Verona’s Distinctive Features · The Cathedral of Milan · A Meeting at Napoleon’s Triumphal Arch · Dream and Reality · The Blue Grotto

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