Il piacere

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Il piacere is a decadent novel by Gabriele D'Annunzio that explores aestheticism, sensuality, and moral ambiguity in late 19th-century Roman high society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf decadent novel
novel
author Gabriele D'Annunzio
countryOfOrigin Italy
depicts Roman high society
aristocratic salons
artistic collecting and connoisseurship
firstPublicationForm book
genre Decadentism
psychological novel
hasEnglishTitle Pleasure
The Child of Pleasure
influenced 20th-century Italian narrative prose
Italian decadent literature
influencedBy French Decadent literature
Gabriele D'Annunzio's own aesthetic theories
Joris-Karl Huysmans
literaryMovement Decadentism
surface form: Decadent movement
literarySignificance considered a key work of Italian Decadentism
one of Gabriele D'Annunzio's most famous novels
mainCharacter Andrea Sperelli
Elena Muti
Maria Ferres
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage Italian
originalTitle Il piacere self-link
partOf D'Annunzio's early narrative cycle
protagonistDescription Roman aristocrat and aesthete
protagonistTrait aesthetic refinement
emotional instability
hedonism
publicationYear 1889
publisher Treves
settingLocation Rome
settingTime late 19th century
styleCharacteristic ornate prose
psychological introspection
symbolic imagery
theme aesthetic ideal
aestheticism
aristocratic society
art and life
boredom and ennui
decadence
eroticism
moral ambiguity
narcissism
sensuality

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Gabriele D'Annunzio notableWork Il piacere
Gabriele Rapagnetta notableWork Il piacere
subject surface form: Gabriele D'Annunzio
Il piacere originalTitle Il piacere self-link