The Flame: Venice, a Poet and an Ageing Actress
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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A poet and an ageing actress in Venice, the city dissolving around them, and a love affair conducted as performance. D'Annunzio wrote it about his own affair with Eleonora Duse while it was still going on, and all Europe read the ageing actress as Duse. This edition carries Dora Knowlton Ranous's translation and 48 bound plates of painting, among them Boldini, Fattori and De Nittis, with three in-text illustrations restored and coloured.
A poet and an ageing actress in Venice, the city dissolving around them, and a love affair conducted as performance. D'Annunzio wrote it about his own affair with Eleonora Duse while it was still going on, and all Europe read the ageing actress as Duse. This edition carries Dora Knowlton Ranous's...
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Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938) was an Italian poet, novelist and soldier born in Pescara. He conducted a celebrated affair with the actress Eleonora Duse, flew propaganda missions over Vienna in the war, seized the city of Fiume with a private army and ruled it for fifteen months. His works include The Child of Pleasure, The Triumph of Death, The Flame, and the poetry of Alcyone.
Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938) was an Italian poet, novelist and soldier born in Pescara. He conducted a celebrated affair with the actress Eleonora Duse, flew propaganda missions over Vienna in the war, seized the city of Fiume with a private army and ruled it for fifteen months. His works incl...
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