NOTES ON THE RENAISSANCE PRESENCES IN THE PROSE WORKS OF GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO, 1889-1921

This article assesses the extension and characteristics of d'Annunzio's knowledge of the Renaissance in a corpus of eight texts. It discusses the distribution of the renaissance presences in each work, their geographical distribution, the variety of cited individuals and the evolution of the arts represented. and argues that d'Annunzio's fashions the Renaissance and its vitalist spirit as the cornerstone of Italian identity in a period in which the Renaissance was generally stigmatized. The findings pave the way for further investigation of d'Annunzio's influence on the reception of the Renaissance in the twentieth century.