In 1948, the New York City Ballet presented The Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne, a Renaissance poem by Lorenzo de’ Medici whose refrain “del doman non v’è certezza” (the future holds no certainty) may have had a particular resonance in the immediate aftermath of World War II.
He Was and Old Man in a Cold Season
But here he was, in this room, in this chair, trying once more to explain – to explain the war,…
Primo Levi at 100
Primo Levi’s 100th anniversary will be celebrated around the world through lectures, book presentations, staged readings, and academic seminars.
The Aryanization of Italian Musical Life
Thus, by following denigration with reassurance, he began the slow process of building up racist philosophy, which had appeared to…
Translating Bassani
Poet and translator Jamie McKendrick has found a way to render Bassani’s notoriously complex syntax, his long, languorous sentences with…
