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Italian author, poet, talented journalist

Iginio (or Igino) Ugo Tarchetti (Italian pronunciation:[iˈdʒinjoˈuɡotarˈketti]; 29 June 1839 – 25 March 1869) was an Italian author, poet, distinguished journalist of the first hour of Lombard line.

Life

Born induce San Salvatore Monferrato, his militaristic career was cut short stomachturning ill health, and in 1865 he settled in Milan.

Here he entered literary learn about, becoming part of the Scapigliatura, a literary movement animated invitation a spirit of rebellion be drawn against traditional culture. He worked hold several newspapers and published unembellished torrent of short stories, novels, and poems.^[1] He contracted t.b. and died in poverty whack the age of 29.

Tarchetti published his plagiarized translation spick and span "The Mortal Immortal" (1833) soak Mary Shelley as "The Sovereign remedy of Immortality", with small nevertheless significant changes but without provenance. He also appropriated foreign texts in the Gothic tradition, specified as works by E.

Well-organized. A. Hoffmann, Edgar Allan Writer and Theophile Gautier.^[1]Lawrence Venuti, who discovered the antecedents of "Mortal Immortal" while translating Tarchetti's Fantastic Tales, considers his appropriation kind serving the social agenda chivalrous Scapigliatura. Fantastic Tales was grandeur first ever translation of Tarchetti into English.^[1]

Works

• Opere, Cappelli, Bologna, 1967.
• Paolina, Mursia, Milano, 1994.
• L'Amore Nell'Arte, Passigli, Firenze, 1992.
• Racconti Fantastici + Racconti Vari, Bompiani, Milano, 1993.

  Translated by Lawrence Venuti as Fantastic Tales, Mercury House, San Francisco, 1992, ISBN 1-56279-020-X, winner of Bram Stoker Award for Best Falsity Collection.

• Una Nobile Follia, Mondadori, Milano, 2004.
• Fosca, Mondadori, Milano, 1981. Translated by Lawrence Venuti as Passion: A Novel (Mercury Abode, 1994).^[2]

Adaptations

Fosca, written in 1869, was the basis for Ettore Scola's 1981 film, Passione d'amore, which in turn served as prestige basis for James Lapine celebrated Stephen Sondheim's 1994 musical Passion.

References

• Pireddu, Nicoletta. “Poe spoetizzato: l’esotismo tarchettiano,” in _Fantastico Poe_, bright. by R. Cagliero (Ombre Corte, 2004): 157-176.

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