Title: Peasants wake for Fellini's Casanova and other poems /
Authors: Zanzotto, Andrea, 1921-2011.; Feldman, Ruth,; Welle, John P., 1951-; Feldman, Ruth.; Fellini, Federico.; Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library).
Publisher: University of Illinois Press,
Year: 1997
Abstract: The main body of this volume is a unique film poem that grew out of Zanzotto's collaboration with Frederico Fellini on the film Casanova. The poem's beauty is enhanced by its presentation in the original Veneto dialect along with contemporary Italian and English. With reference to Finnegans Wake and utilizing Fellini-inspired myth, the trilingual play of the poetry is rich in layers, rich in meanings. Including drawings by Fellini and illustrations by Murer, this volume also contains poems dedicated to Montzale, Pasolini, and Charlie Chaplin - and the first English translation of Zanzotto's poem on the tragedy of Bosnia - all together in an unusual and beautiful format.
Contents: Introduction / John P. Welle -- Letter from Federico Fellini to Andrea Zanzotto -- Venetian Recitative -- London Lullaby -- Peasants Wake -- Observations on the Meaning and the Situation of the Dialects in Italy in the Late Twentieth Century -- Orthographic Note -- Peoples -- Spheres -- Horizons -- I Would Like to Know -- Nino in the Eighties -- Going Out to Sew -- Where Are They? -- For Eugenio Montale on His Eightieth Birthday -- In Memory of Pasolini -- When Toti Died -- Charlie Chaplin and Gigetto -- And Amen -- Small and Humble Occupations -- Log Haulers -- Wheelwright -- Herdsmen -- Blacksmith -- Umbrella Man -- Tinkers and Tinsmiths -- Knife-Grinder -- Chairmakers, Chairmenders -- Spinners -- Washerwomen -- High, Other Diction, Beyond Idiom? -- Docile, Reluctant -- Silvery Tangles of Your Wanderings -- In Each of These Houses -- Ticking (Like a Geiger Counter) -- Other Poppies.