Il Marzocco

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Il Marzocco
Former editorsAdolfo Orvieto
CategoriesCultural magazine
FrequencyWeekly
FounderAngelo Orvieto
Adolfo Orvieto
Year founded1896
First issue2 February 1896
Final issue1932
CountryItaly
Based inFlorence
LanguageItalian
ISSN0461-2388
OCLC12646244

Il Marzocco was an Italian language weekly literary and art magazine which was published in Florence, Italy, between 1896 and 1932. The title was chosen by Gabriele D'Annunzio which was a reference to the symbol of the ancient Republic of Florence and also, of the popular rule.[1] The magazine covered articles on a wide range of subjects such as women's rights and political events. Its subtitle was periodico settimanale di letteratura e d'arte (meaning Weekly literary and arts periodical in English).[2]

History and profile[]

Il Marzocco was launched in 1896,[3][4] and the first issue appeared on 2 February 1996.[5] The founders were brothers Angelo and Adolfo Orvieto, and its headquarters was in Florence.[1][4] The magazine advocated the aestheticist approach of Gabriele D'Annunzio and an antipositivist stance until 1899.[1][4] Then it supported pure literature and art opposing the decorative literature.[1] In the period 1911–1914 Il Marzocco rarely featured literary work and became a political publication advocating nationalism and war interventionism.[1] Following the end of World War I and the start of fascist rule in Italy the magazine managed to remain untouched and was not affected from the negative effects of the press laws dated 1926.[1]

As of 1926 Adolfo Orvieto was the editor-in-chief of Il Marzocco which was published on a weekly basis.[6] Ada Negri, Sibilla Aleramo and Enrico Corradini were among the contributors.[4] The former published an article in Il Marzocco to support the right of single women to give birth children.[4] Corradini served as the director of the magazine and also, published political comments when he was not a well-known figure in politics.[1][7] Il Marzocco praised Émile Zola as a genuine hero of modernism.[8] The magazine folded in 1932.[3]

The issues of Il Marzocco were digitized by the National Library of Italy in Rome.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Silvio Bigliazzi (2020). "1916: Italian narratives of the Tercentenary crisis". In Silvio Bigliazzi (ed.). Shakespeare and Crisis: One hundred years of Italian narratives. Shakespeare in European Culture. Vol. 2. John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 34. doi:10.1075/sec.2. ISBN 978-90-272-6111-3. S2CID 241056043.
  2. ^ a b "Home/riviste/Il Marzocco: periodico settimanale di letteratura e d'arte". National Library. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Il Marzocco 1896-1932" (in Italian). Il Libro dei Soci del Gabinetto Vieusseux. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e Laura Scuriatti (July 2017). "Transnational Modernist Encounters in the Provinces: Lacerba, Mina Loy and International Debates on Sexual Morality in Florence". Forum for Modern Language Studies. 53 (3): 303–313. doi:10.1093/fmls/cqx014.
  5. ^ Elisa Bizzotto (2010). "'Children of Pleasure': Oscar Wilde and Italian Decadence". In Stefano Evangelista (ed.). The Reception of Oscar Wilde in Europe. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-4411-7368-3.
  6. ^ Gabriella Bosano (November 1926). "Current Italian Periodicals". Italica. 3 (4): 83. JSTOR 476108.
  7. ^ Joanna Sondel-Cedarmas (2008). "Imperialism, war, and emigration in Enrico Corradini at the ideology of Italian Nationalism (1896-1912)". Politeja. 10 (1): 111. JSTOR 24919295.
  8. ^ Emilio Gentile (October 1998). "The Struggle for Modernity: Echoes of the Dreyfus Affair in Italian Political Culture, 1898-1912". Journal of Contemporary History. 33 (4): 501. doi:10.1177/002200949803300402. S2CID 154027605.
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