Eugenio Montale, the Fascist Storm, and the Jewish Sunflower

Eugenio Montale, the Fascist Storm, and the Jewish Sunflower uncovers one of the great hidden sagas of modern literature.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
1. Introduzione: The Clizia Myth and the Secret Cycle
2. Murder, Manifestoes, and the Poems of the Cinque Terre
3. Love in Fascist Florence
4. The Woman of The Occasions
5. Hitler and Mussolini at the Opera
6. The Storm and the Sun Goddess
7. The Poet and the Modern Beatrice Spread Their Myth around the World
8. Clizia Becomes a Woman Again
Coda: Montale, Brandeis, the “I” and the “You”
The Italian
Notes
Works Cited and Additional Bibliography
Index of Poems and Translations from the Cycle
General Index