| RIVISTA DI STUDI ITALIANI | |
| Anno IX , n° 1, Giugno 1991 ( Contributi ) | pag. 11-27 |
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| SPECULATION: A METAPHOR OF MEMORY | |
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| LISA JEPSON | |
| Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut |
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| Of all the Neoplatonic themes to fascinate Torquato Tasso, memory and reflection appear among the most prominent1. Both widely explored recreations, memory and reflection come to share a reciprocal relationship in Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata. I will argue that in Tasso's brilliant and playful exploration of memory and reflection, he is able to use a specific form of reflection, speculation, as a metaphor of memory; further, I will argue that the impetus for this creative use of imagery lies in the splendidly notorious but rather unanalyzed work of Giulio Camillo, Theatro (1544)2. [...] | |
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