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The Flame of Life

novel by D’Annunzio

Also known as: “Il fuoco”

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discussed in biography

In Gabriele D’Annunzio
…erotic novel Il fuoco (1900; The Flame of Life). D’Annunzio’s greatest play was La figlia di Iorio (performed 1904; The Daughter of Jorio), a powerful poetic drama of the fears and superstitions of Abruzzi peasants.
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inspiration of Duse

In Eleonora Duse
…his novel Il fuoco (1900; The Flame of Life). Aside from D’Annunzio’s plays, Duse found an inexhaustible source of self-expression in the dramas of Ibsen. She never tired of playing Nora in A Doll’s House, Rebecca West in Rosmersholm, Ella Rentheim in John Gabriel Borkman, and, above all, Ellida in…
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