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Teatro 1: Calderón - Affabulazione - Pilade

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The first volume (out of 2) of Pasolini's theatrical scripts.

427 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2010

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Pier Paolo Pasolini

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Italian poet, novelist, critic, essayst, journalist, translator, dramatist, film director, screenwriter and philosopher, often regarded as one of the greatest minds of XX century, was murdered violently in Rome in 1975 in circumstances not yet been clarified. Pasolini is best known outside Italy for his films, many of which were based on literary sources - The Gospel According to Saint Matthew, The Decameron, The Canterbury Tales...

Pasolini referred himself as a 'Catholic Marxist' and often used shocking juxtapositions of imagery to expose the vapidity of values in modern society.
His essays and newspaper articles often critized the capitalistic omologation and also often contributed to public controversies which had made him many enemies. In the weeks leading up to his murder he had condemned Italy's political class for its corruption, for neo-fascist terrorist conspiracy and for collusion with the Mafia and the infamous "Propaganda 2" masonic lodge of Licio Gelli and Eugenio Cefis.

His friend, the writer Alberto Moravia, considered him "the major Italian poet" of the second half of the 20th century.

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Profile Image for Sara (Sbarbine_che_leggono).
562 reviews166 followers
October 31, 2018
È voglia di morire o voglia di amare
quella che sento?
Oppure è voglia di un amore così vergognoso
da procurarmi una specie di morte?

[...]

Perchè, sappi, io sono qui davanti a te
come un marito davanti alla moglie - come
un cane davanti alla cagna - meglio, sì, come un cane
davanti alla cagna. Sono pronto ad amarti;
come se tu non esistessi,
ed esistesse solo la mia pretesa,
la mia erezione, il mio seme da gettare.
Come se tu fossi una donna senza nome,
fatta di sola carne, come
forse doveva apparire la madre al bambino.
E io non ti conoscessi, non volessi conoscerti,
volessi gettarmi sopra di te
non guardandoti neanche in viso.
Ma nello stesso tempo vorrei sapere chi sei tu,
come spaventosamente mi giudichi
e come spaventosamente devi subirmi.
Senza questo, il mio violarti non sarebbe
anche essere violato.

(Pilade)
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January 12, 2022
Argomenti e scrittura estremamente raffinata ed elitaria, le sfere di influenza sono tantissime, il fatto più sorprendente è che queste poesie drammatiche siano state scritte durante una convalescenza causata da un'ulcera allo stomaco. Che personaggio che eri pierpaolo pasolini
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June 11, 2018
Calderon (2.5 stars)
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