Campanella, Tomasso | Stephanie Laggini-Fiore (essay date 1992)
Stephanie Laggini-Fiore (essay date 1992)
SOURCE: "Messianic Vision in the Poetry of Fra Tommaso Campanella," in Romance Languages Annual, Vol. 4, 1992, pp. 270-77.
[Focusing on Campanella's poetry, Laggini-Fiore discusses the autobiographical aspects of Campanella's utopian vision.]
Little has been written on what Franc Ducros [in Tommaso Campanella Poète, 1969] calls Fra Tommaso Campanella's rôle messianique, yet the messianic vision of the poet is central to both his poetry and his life. It was the direct result of his relationship with the world and with society: his poetry was written while he languished in the jails of the Inquisition for many years; his defense of Galileo was a response to the rulings of the Inquisition on matters of scientific research; his Cittá del Sole was simply the expression of his desire for a more perfect and a more just society. Campanella's poetry reflects the age, not on an...
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