marcin
(Marcin)
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is irrefutable: Russo does not browbeat his
reader by turning to “nostalgia,” even when
it seems that he is willing to curl up in the
spires and sighs of the good and beautiful
sentiment of the past. His dialect is a
chronicle, a diary of everyday ferment, as is
his poetry, rich with echoes and allusions,
often satisfied with wordplay and deftness.
The other poet in the anthology, if with
only one text, is Raffaele Viviani. It was
extremely difficult to choose after the happy
season of Di Giacomo and Russo, especially
because the world of song (an interesting
chapter for further investigation on
Neapolitan and other dialects) had produced
authors of great dignity, such as Pasquale
Ruocco, Tito Manlio, Emma Coppola di
Canzano, Fusco, Bovio, G.B. De Curtis, E.A.
Mario, Totò, De Filippo, Nicolardi,De Mura,
Panza, De Gregorio, Pacifico Vento; Viviani,