Il fuoco

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"Il fuoco" is a 1900 novel by Italian writer Gabriele D’Annunzio, renowned for its decadent style and its thinly veiled portrayal of his passionate affair with actress Eleonora Duse against the backdrop of fin-de-siècle Venice.

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instanceOf literary work
novel
author Gabriele D'Annunzio
surface form: Gabriele D’Annunzio
countryOfOrigin Italy
femaleLeadOccupation actress
firstPublicationForm book
genre decadent literature
psychological novel
roman à clef
hasCharacterBasedOn Eleonora Duse
Gabriele D'Annunzio
surface form: Gabriele D’Annunzio
hasInfluenceOn Italian modernist prose
hasPart three-part structure
inspiredBy Gabriele D’Annunzio’s relationship with Eleonora Duse
literaryMovement Decadentism
literaryPeriod Italian literature of the early 20th century
mainCharacter La Foscarina
Stelio Effrena
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor depiction of fin-de-siècle Venice
portrayal of Eleonora Duse under a fictional name
thinly veiled autobiographical elements
originalLanguage Italian
partOf Gabriele D’Annunzio’s narrative cycle of decadent novels
portrays aestheticism
artistic ambition
decadent lifestyle
passionate love affair
protagonistOccupation poet
publicationYear 1900
publisher Treves (Italian publisher)
settingFeature Venetian Lagoon
surface form: Venetian lagoons

Venetian theatres
settingLocation Venice
settingPeriod fin de siècle
style lyrical description
ornate prose
symbolist imagery
themes art and life
creative genius
erotic passion
self-destruction
the cult of beauty
theatre and performance
titleTranslation The Flame of Life

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subject surface form: Gabriele D'Annunzio