This essay documents various interpretations that have been given to Goethe's myth of Proserpina, but above all the ways in which Goethe elaborated this myth in prose, in lyrical form and for a theatrical performance accompanied by music. Two further sources of inspiration for this myth represent the focus of the analysis. One comes from reading the passages dedicated by Winckelmann to Proserpina in the unpublished ancient monuments (1767) and the other from Herder's essay Hades und Elysium (1782), which in turn is inspired by Die Sitten der amerikanischen Wilden im Vergleich zu den Sitten der Frühzeit (1752-1753) by Joseph-François Lafitau (1681-1746), with reference to the rites dedicated to the soul of the dead. The essay concludes with an analysis of Goethe's Wahlverwandtschaften (1809), which show traces of a reading of Francis Bacon's work, The Wisdom of the Ancients (1609), from which perhaps derive some traits of Ottilie, which has and behavior like the Baconian Proserpina.
In questo saggio, che documenta varie interpretazioni che sono state date del goethiano mito di Proserpina, ma soprattutto le modalità con le quali Goethe ha elaborato questo mito in prosa, in forma lirica e per un'esecuzione teatrale accompagnata da musica, si presentano due ulteriori fonti di ispirazione per questo mito. Una proviene dalla lettura dei passi dedicati da Winckelmann a Proserpina nei Monumenti antichi inediti (1767) e l'altra dal saggio Hades und Elysium (1782) di Herder, che si ispira a sua volta a Die Sitten der amerikanischen Wilden im Vergleich zu den Sitten der Frühzeit (1752-1753) di Joseph-François Lafitau (1681-1746), con riferimento ai riti dedicati all'anima dei morti. Il saggio si conclude con un’analisi delle Wahlverwandtschaften di Goethe (1809), che mostrano tracce di una lettura dell'opera di Francis Bacon, The Wisdom of the Ancients (1609), da cui derivano forse alcuni tratti di Ottilie, che ha qualità e comportamenti simili alla baconiana Proserpina.
(2023). Goethes "Proserpina-Konstellation": Metamorphosen im mythologischen Motivbereich . Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10446/247351
Goethes "Proserpina-Konstellation": Metamorphosen im mythologischen Motivbereich
Agazzi, Elena
2023-01-01
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This essay documents various interpretations that have been given to Goethe's myth of Proserpina, but above all the ways in which Goethe elaborated this myth in prose, in lyrical form and for a theatrical performance accompanied by music. Two further sources of inspiration for this myth represent the focus of the analysis. One comes from reading the passages dedicated by Winckelmann to Proserpina in the unpublished ancient monuments (1767) and the other from Herder's essay Hades und Elysium (1782), which in turn is inspired by Die Sitten der amerikanischen Wilden im Vergleich zu den Sitten der Frühzeit (1752-1753) by Joseph-François Lafitau (1681-1746), with reference to the rites dedicated to the soul of the dead. The essay concludes with an analysis of Goethe's Wahlverwandtschaften (1809), which show traces of a reading of Francis Bacon's work, The Wisdom of the Ancients (1609), from which perhaps derive some traits of Ottilie, which has and behavior like the Baconian Proserpina.File | Dimensione del file | Formato | |
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