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Papyrus and musket

S ettecento broken pages and several appendices and indexes full-bodied. "The papyrus Dongo (Adelphi), latest and recent work by Luciano Canfora , is a big book. A big book that tells the story of Italian Papyrology during the Fascist period and until the early '50s.
very specialized topic, no? Stuff closely reserved for philologists, it would seem. Yet I who knew nothing of Papyrology, philology almost same, I read it quickly and with satisfaction (nor are culturally masochist, at least in this case). Why? I have asked him.

Canfora's book is a history book in every respect, the report of a detailed and meticulous historical research, with detailed comparison of the sources and all the other trappings. Yet it is also a great story: without conceding the anecdotal or narrative aspect, Canfora traces the events business, political and - in part - of the greatest philologists personal Italians of that period, work on papyri (transcriptions and translations) , contacts international archaeological excavations, the struggles and meanness aimed at staff and management of prestigious academic positions and professorships.
"The papyrus of Dongo" consider only those events. However, it is exciting. Why?
The answer I give is not only the narrative capacity of Luciano Canfora (which in popular works and has written many), no, I think the answer is obvious but rarely mentioned that the history is narrative, it is news; is the story. The scientific rigor and objectivity does not necessarily exclude this aspect: history is narrative, and can be even when it is done well (not only, that is, when it is hoax ideological).
Certainly, the events narrated in this case, they carry a certain richness: mainly the fact that they fit into Fascism, in the administration of the University by the regime in power to manipulate to obtain funds, promotion, tenure, publications . No coincidence that the characters constantly on the background of the events recounted are kind and Bottai, that the philosopher closer to Mussolini's regime and the Minister of Fascist culture.

In the foreground, however, there are philologists: Medea Norsa, Girolamo Vitelli (until his death in 1932), Godfrey Coppola, Achille want. In the stories of these internationally renowned scholars, there are also two different ways of dealing with the regime: that of trying to approach it as much as possible and draw from personal benefits (Coppola, want) and to those who accept him closing his eyes and trying not to have disadvantages (but without enthusiasm). The sample of opportunism, of meanness, of impropriety and ambition is Achilles Vogliano: After reading the 'managed' During the two decades, is really impressive to see how, after 25 April '45, try to defend themselves from 'purge and recycle in a memorial that looks ruthlessly Canfora (for other people want that so many other Italian academics deeply compromised with the fascist regime can go out in the end largely untouched by the change of regime). Among
those who stayed away from fascism, while not oppose it, there are Girolamo Vitelli (doyen of Italian papyrologists, former senator and Giolittian 73enne time of the March on Rome) and his student and collaborator Norsa Medea, the latter is a figure that comes from really gigantic reconstruction of Camphor, and yet, after the death of calves will be continually humiliated and ostracized (although the greatest scholar in his field, will never have a chair and eventually expelled for no reason even when Florence Institute papyrological had worked all his life), and this will only happen in small part because the origin of the Jewish father (the adventures that the bureaucratic Norsa tackles to go out free of the racial laws of '39 have the grotesque: a pearl is the request by the Ministry of Bottai, the mother's birth certificate to establish the 'Italian': except that the mother of Norsa, Trieste, was born and died in Habsburg territory still 'unredeemed'!)
The last character of the historic split of camphor and Godfrey Coppola. It 's a case of its own: careerist and ambitious but also genuinely excited to be in politics than in philological work, Coppola has worked many years with his teacher and Vitelli Norsa. But it is also increasingly linked to Fascism, and from '37-'38 his political rise in the system is constant, not only as the cursive "People of Italy (where he published articles so violently anti-Semitic to embarrass Goering) as well as cynical and ruthless political leader, especially after the September 8, 1943 and in the parable of CSR. In fact, Coppola, now considered a blind fanatic also all ' inside of the Fascist Party, dies at Dongo was shot along with the surviving leaders of the Social Republic (but also for him not fail an attempt at posthumous rehabilitation - political and non-professional in the early postwar years). And 'course, adding that his friendship and cooperation with the Norsa into hostility from '37-38.
And as part of this friendship became hostility that finally runs the story of the last protagonist of the book Canfora: papyrus giving the title to the work. In fact, these fragments of the "Hellenic" is more of a casus belli, both on the academic and on that of personal relationships: I leave the story, from discoveries in the '33 war, any player, just as freely, if I leave works in the university comparison between the pettiness of those years and the current situation is asked to give rather dispassionate guide.

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Francesco Guccini, "Chronic epafàniche "and" Cow of a bitch "

Of the first two volumes of autobiographical fabrications pavanese / Modena Guccini hard that I can speak with some objectivity, because of the affection I bear to some of the places, things, culture told. Patience. In
Chronic epafàniche Guccini tells the childhood pavanese (Guccini is 40), in the mill of his uncles during the war and a bit 'after (he spent many summers there, even after moving to Modena). There is a chronological history and nemmanco a thread in the story, or, if any, is lost in a ramble for anecdotes, parentame, objects, words, tastes (and I'm not talking about a defect, so that was the first real book of the singer Emilia).
There are Americans who arrive and leave and bring tons of stuff (mostly explosive, But not only that), then recycled and used stuff for years, in many uses. Americans' a throw anything away, it seems. ( Then the war is over and the Americans have won. And we? No, we said that was lost. Maaa?! O was not all on the side of the Americans, us? ") Then
there is the river, the country, people and mountain people cheerfully crude and blunt the following storytellers will always, until now, with a fierce and ironic evidence. All nell'affabulazione rich dialect (I doubt that anyone who does not know that speech can read it in tune with the - ahem - semantics that text) that builds a affreschetto modest and devoid of pretentiousness (always the higher quality of Gucci, this lack of claims ) of what is his personal mythology (that which every man has his own, no?, and who does not n'ha, poeretto him), that of childhood places and people - from having fortified in case of FG leaving areas of early childhood, and then found them.
It 's a beautiful story - I'm biased, I am of those parts - and heaven knows it is difficult to find descriptions of his native province that esondino rhetoric and their saws.
" Vacca a dog," the second book, however, is the childhood and adolescence of Modena Noster, a province on the outskirts of the war, muffled by fog and dutifully lined monelerìe of the boy's a bit 'rough But not stupid , and appropriately cruel and tenders with the figures until ragasine caps, the mine, from early cinema to rochenrol, co '' I'm bitterly unattainable American myth.
Until the light of revelation, after watching a movie with Elvis: guys, if we do a whole we are more intorteranno Troglio for sure! Then bulogneise
to Madrid, the premises and try to suonicchiare pussy-obvious constant - until the close of the boy montanarprovinciale that while the peels on the stage a little place, you see the look on mine in under a beautiful aristocrat who had university attended, and it says "I'll do the cocks' overall job I'm your life!" The
dowry of these playful small book - I'm biased, I said it already - is as true, ironic, mock-naive Guccini said that with which the memory of its environment, with that story-telling poetry that he can sing (just) right without taking too much. It's not prose naive: it is built and aware, but it works, because, you know, the style fits like a glove to the content.
The latest chapter in the autobiographical saga of Frank Sinatra is " Citanova blues," but I have not read it yet!

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Antonio Faeti," Looking at the pictures. The Italian illustrators of books for children "

It is here that it is started, then designed and targeted
the adventure of drawings that opened wide the kingdoms. Very
ago - but a lot - Before printing the words
have claimed depicted their
blaze - and not just the puppets or puppeteers' stories. However, the guide to

Faeti Antonio (thirty years ago
first impression, now the new edition: p.
four hundred and routes - was already several hymns -
dodic'euro and almost half - in Ostriches dell'Einaudi)
I said? Ah, the Faeti: in "Looking at the figures"
speaks of the illustrators for children: light and dark
tables on fairy tales and stories, from mid-nineteenth century, the books below
Italian (but were dimolti Tuscan).

of distinguishing between the drawings, the floating lines, and the tables
impressive (full page, giants,
with two rows at the bottom, taken by the way) I can not say with
'sti octosyllabic of cock. Only that the first, without any ambition,
fan pages read, the second, entire stories, other stories
stories, fictional hypertexts.
(too much. 'Solace me I'm already ready- the broken section of the cerebral cortex responsible for patience .)

Epper: the figure (illustrators unpopular): There is
Mazzanti, Dore-ian, a little dark and claustrophobic. And the pictorial
Piattoli (bianchennero), very orobico. Of course, the Cloisters
instead, even when it monsters,
is just something else. Okay ',' nsomma, there is a galore.
I will only Salgado's leg, taken from the Sultan.
(But we - and those of others - will say much more and better
the illustrious Dr. Farina, if it has to do better.)
(God, how disgusting this rhyme! I hang himself self-esteem. )

Nor can we be silent Goliath Cambellotti, Yambo, Ruby, all
liberty (the last, long live squares). The collection of quotes
Faeti Tofano, Biolette,
Toppi, Natoli, Molino, and there is the more perfect that
Gustavo Rosso said Gustavino, from the pen
Magicanto and spirit (this is a little emphasized).

course changes everything, pei pei and players said, when
that overlook and flooded the comics.


[Faeti Antonio, "Looking at the pictures. The Italian illustrators of children's books." Einaudi 2001.]

Varicose Vulva Images

passes on" life instructions "

  the concerns of 
 ***, reading 
 Perec's book, 
 are probably shared by many of those 
 
 trying to read it. 
 no attempt to refute the de gustibus 
: the DeGustibus 
 giustibus is, and without doubt La Vita 
 Instructions for Use 
 is not for everyone, although opera 'unive 
 rsale'. Not for everyone but if 
 for many, across seas and many 
 (for 
 Mari 
 ICUR s). 
 
 
 there are not only 
 
 lists and descriptions, in 
 LVIPLU; 
 there are many stories 
; 
 
 there are at least 179 stories (in groups of 60, the third 
 maimed - God forbid!). 
 some complicated and challenging stories, other 
 simple anecdotes of everyday life. (179 
 least the stories are listed in Chapter 60, rather than illuminating chapter about 
 for various 
 you expect). All stories, like 
 
 objects and characters are intertwined in places 
 
 of 
 Parisian building which is the 'capital' and the center of the universe LaVIPLUiano. 
 wanting to give a possible key to reading the text 
 (perigliosissimo intent and consciously re 
 duction, in the case of a work-world), I would say that 
 LVIPLU tells the extraordinary, 
 the complexity and richness of everyday 
 Diana (1 ). 
 
 
 casual-mathematical structure that generates 
 stories 
 in their braided and the way to tell the 
 be deduced from the journals to 
 c, but know it is only a deepening 
, an excavation 
 
 but not necessary for first reading (
 an excavation that does not reveal much tut 
 to). The excavation may make sense in q 
 ow may know other parts of 
 ll'universo LaVIPLUiano; s not much 
 enso if it serves to make the census or the collection 
 by fan-atic. 
 but the point is that a read only by exegetes 
 hermeneutic is wrong or (2) (
 pretty obvious, eh). 
 
 
 short, 
 "Life, instr uction 
 for use" does not need 
 
 instruction 
 
 for u know. 
 
 still a massive presence 
 appropriate, accurate randomizer 
 of narrative elements, it is - imho - what more do 
 
 intent to conceal from the game structure of the work: 
 the case in the text. is also the artificial reproduction of 
 
 how to implement in reality 
, the extraordinary nature of everyday 
. something reminiscent of the "rag 
 Thurs green" Rohmer - vaguely - in the sense there 
 rto - no, in fact, better cancel 
 Rohmer: it does not clear, I think. 
 the game, the case, the role of chance 
 
 in games, the role of chance it 
 
 lle 
 stories of everyday 
 (here). 
 
 
 to better say, the combination 
 ation and inter 
 secarsi 
 of many events, people 
 oday, objects 
 puts in evidence 
 
 
 continuity between what is trivial and what is right 
 golare, and the possibility theses 
 (1) is that everything is strange and nothing is 
 extraordinary veterinarian, as a whole. every card counts, and already 
 Ochi, well, the games are a serious matter 
 as the other, in reality 
 daily. 
 (and com ele 
 nque 
 
 nchi 
 are reading 
 _potenziale_ 
 beautiful 
 other 
 that.) 
 
 
 
 then there is the way to tell: 
 Perec tells his stories in a more detached 
 Not really 
 chronicles: 
 rather not judge: the story - 
 and articles 
 - 
 speak for themselves. However, there is no doubt 
 
 
 that, say, the famous painter of course 
 
 ambition, cunning and ruthlessness 
, while Article 
 igiano Winckler has not in itself 
 nothin 'more than integrity, 
 care, precision 
 zeal, and even grotesque in history 
 
 
 the art critic who tries in all ways to buy 
 
 puzzle Bartlebooth 
 Perec says his (and makes fun of the system 
 not covertly 
 market 
 and criticism of art of his time). 
 
 
 all 
 what you could tell 
 better? 
 I doubt it. who thinks 
 face examples. 
 is done ("done", so to speak 
) 
 
 know so that a universal re 
 ccamente populated 
 created in retaining more do eq 
 uilibrio 
 form and content (and thus a form MACR 
 oscope prot agonist, and 
 rigid in some respects vin 
 and leaking) is a company unique and makes pressure 
 sochi text 
 a classic of literature and a map of 
 a world that is diametrically opposed to the 
 Plotlandia where dwells the most 
 
 writers. 
 
 
 
 pb (1) of course this is false, and then deny it.