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 One comes from reading the passages dedicated by Winckelmann to Proserpina in the unpublished ancient monuments (1767) and the other from Herder's essay Hades und Elysium (1782), which in turn is inspired by Die Sitten der amerikanischen Wilden im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

Abstract

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.
2023
Agazzi, Elena
File allegato/i alla scheda:
File Dimensione del file Formato  
Goethes Proserpina - Konstellation 2023.pdf

Solo gestori di archivio

Versione: publisher's version - versione editoriale
Licenza: Licenza default Aisberg
Dimensione del file 156.47 kB
Formato Adobe PDF
156.47 kB Adobe PDF   Visualizza/Apri
Pubblicazioni consigliate

Aisberg ©2008 Servizi bibliotecari, Università degli studi di Bergamo | Terms of use/Condizioni di utilizzo

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/10446/247351
Citazioni
  • Scopus ND
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact