A D'Annunzian Donnafugata? A Possible Mantuan Intertext for a Key Section of Il Gattopardo

Author: Usher, Jonathan¹

Source: The Modern Language Review, Volume 103, Number 3, 1 July 2008 , pp. 728-740(13)

Publisher: Modern Humanities Research Association

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Abstract:

A central episode in Tomasi di Lampedusa's Il Gattopardo describes how the lovers Tancredi and Angelica explore the neglected parts of the family palace of Donnafugata. This study suggests an intertext for Lampedusa's text in Gabriele D'Annunzio's Forse che sì forse che no, where the protagonists have a similar erotic encounter during a visit to the Palazzo Ducale in Mantua. The likelihood of a deliberate allusion by Lampedusa adds D'Annunzio to the long list of authors on whom he drew in Il Gattopardo, providing further evidence of his distinctive modus incorporandi as he weaves the threads of D'Annunzio's novel into a new tapestry.

Keywords: Tomasi di Lampedusa's Il Gattopardo; intertext; Gabriele D'Annunzio's; Forse che sì forse che no; Palazzo Ducale; Mantua

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: University of Edinburgh

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