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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author |
Gabriele D'Annunzio
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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
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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
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artistic ambition ⓘ decadent lifestyle ⓘ passionate love affair ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | poet ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1900 ⓘ |
| publisher | Treves (Italian publisher) ⓘ |
| settingFeature |
Venetian Lagoon
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surface form:
Venetian lagoons
Venetian theatres ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Venice ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | fin de siècle ⓘ |
| style |
lyrical description
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ornate prose ⓘ symbolist imagery ⓘ |
| themes |
art and life
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creative genius ⓘ erotic passion ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ the cult of beauty ⓘ theatre and performance ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | The Flame of Life ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Gabriele D'Annunzio