Vol. 16 No. II (2024)
Sezione monografica «La libertà è difficile». Per Roberto Roversi

Segni, ferite, animali e figure: su Libri e contro il tarlo inimico di Roberto Roversi (2012)

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  • Chiara Portesine
Chiara Portesine
Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/oi-17021

Published 2024-12-15

Keywords

  • Libri e contro il tarlo inimico,
  • animalization,
  • iconotext,
  • artist’s book,
  • Romano Masoni

How to Cite

Portesine, C. (2024). Segni, ferite, animali e figure: su Libri e contro il tarlo inimico di Roberto Roversi (2012). L’ospite Ingrato, 16(II), 167–183. https://doi.org/10.36253/oi-17021

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Abstract

This article aims to critically examine Libri e contro il tarlo inimico (2012), a collection of seventy poems dedicated to the theme of reading and libraries (both private and public). First, cases of the “animalization” of the book as an object, often compared by Roversi to domestic or wild animals, will be identified and analyzed. In addition to these metaphorical bestiaries, the analysis focuses on the iconographic apparatus, with a specific focus on Tre invettive contro il tarlo, nemico del libro, an artist’s book published in 1997 that includes three poems by Roversi and an engraving by Romano Masoni.

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