Delirious Naples
A Cultural History of the City of the Sun

Pellegrino D'Acierno (Edited by), Stanislao G. Pugliese (Edited by), Theresa Aiello (Contributions by), B. Amore (Contributions by), Andrea Baldi (Contributions by), Angelo Cannavacciuolo (Contributions by), Joseph Connors (Contributions by), Rose DeAngelis (Contributions by), Erri de Luca (Contributions by), John Domini (Contributions by), Simona Frasca (Contributions by), Jonathan Galassi (Contributions by), Fred Gardaphe (Contributions by), Patrizia La Trecchia (Contributions by), Ilaria Marchesi (Contributions by), Simone Marchesi (Contributions by), Nick Napoli (Contributions by), Salvatore Napolitano (Contributions by), Jason Pine (Contributions by), Joseph Rescigno (Contributions by), Gabriella Romani (Contributions by), Gioia Timpanelli (Contributions by), Terrence Ward (Contributions by), Robert Zweig (Contributions by), Valerio Caprara (Contributions by), Francesco Durante (Contributions by), Gregory Pell (Contributions by), Charles Sant'Elia (Contributions by)

9780823279982

Hardback, published 11 December 2018

288 pages, 30 Color Illustrations; 28 Black and White Illustrations
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.788 kg

This book is addressed to "lovers of paradoxes" and we have done our utmost to assemble a stellar cast of Neapolitan and American scholars, intellectuals, and artists/writers who are strong and open-minded enough to wrestle with and illuminate the paradoxes through which Naples presents itself. Naples is a mysterious metropolis. Difficult to understand, it is an enigma to outsiders, and also to the Neapolitans themselves. Its very impenetrableness is what makes it so deliriously and irresistibly attractive. The essays attempt to give some hints to the answer of the enigma, without parsing it into neat scholastic formulas. In doing this, the book will be an important means of opening Naples to students, scholars and members of the community at large who are engaged in "identity-work." A primary goal has been to establish a dialogue with leading Neapolitan intellectuals and artists, and, ultimately, ensure that the "deliriously Neapolitan" dance continues.

Acknowledgements
Preface
Returning to the Broken Fountain: Omaggio a Thomas Belmonte
Theresa Aiello
Foreword
The Irresolvable Paradox: Essaying Naples
Pellegrino D'Acierno and Stanislao Pugliese
Introduction
Naples as Chaosmos or, The City That Makes You Repeat Its Discourse
Pellegrino D'Acierno

LEARNING FROM CONTEMPORARY NAPLES/WRITING AS A NEAPOLITAN
1. Napòlide: A Man Without Naples
Erri de Luca
2. Scuorno (Vergogna)
Francesco Durante

THE VIEW FROM AMERICA
3. Naples/New York: Across the Watery Divide
B. Amore
4. Auratic Detritus/Sublime Trash: "Rough Magic" or, The Art of Transfiguration in B. Amore's Naples/New York Installation
Pellegrino D'Acierno
5. One Early Twenty-First Century Summer in Naples: A Personal Essay
John Domini
6. Investigating Gilda Mignonette as a "Newpolitan" Approach to Popular Culture
Simona Frasca
7. Go Make Naples: New Perspectives from Italian American Artists
Fred Gardaphé
8. You Want To Be Americano?
Robert Zweig
HISTORY, MEMORY & MERCY
9. Words in Journey: Echoes From Pompeii
Angelo Cannavacciuolo
10. One of These Days
Ilaria Marchesi and Simone Marchesi
11. Mediterranean Crossroads: Naples as a Model of South-Centric Cosmopolitanism
Patrizia La Trecchia
12. The Form and Language of the Neapolitan Baroque
Nick Napoli
13. The Sansevero Chapel: A Case Study of the Neapolitan Enlightenment
Salvatore Napolitano
14. Caravaggio's Mercy in Naples
Terence Ward
MALANAPOLI: FROM THE LAZARONITUM TO GOMORRAH/CAMORRA
15. Il Paradiso Abitato da Diavoli: Naples as the Obscure Object of Discourse
Pellegrino D'Acierno
16. The Contact Zone: Where Organized Crime and Everyday Life Meet
Jason Pine
17. Gomorrah: The Rest of the Story
Valerio Caprara

WRITING & SINGING NAPLES
18. Anna Maria Ortese: Breaking the Spell of Naples?
Andrea Baldi
19. Filumena Marturano: Eduardo De Filippo's Beloved Whore
Rose De Angelis
20. Matilde Serao's Art of Numbers: Naples and the Game of Lotto
Gabriella Romani
21. Opera and the Classical Tradition in Naples
Joseph Rescigno
22. Poetry
Charles Sant'Elia
23. Evoking Naples in a Story and a Story About Stories
Gioia Timpanelli

OMAGGI, or PAROLE d'AMMORE
24. Tributes to Shirley Hazzard
Joseph Connors and Jonathan Galassi
25. A Tribute to John Turturro's Passione
Stanislao Pugliese
26. A Celluloid Tribute to Thomas Belmonte
Pellegrino D'Acierno

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