Il Marzocco

Il Marzocco
Former editorsAdolfo Orvieto
CategoriesCultural magazine
FrequencyWeekly
Founder
  • Angelo Orvieto
  • Adolfo Orvieto
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 (Italian: Weekly literary and arts periodical).[2]

History and profile

Il Marzocco was launched in 1896,[3][4] and the first issue appeared on 2 February 1996.[5] Angelo and Adolfo Orvieto founded the magazine that was headquartered 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] The articles covered in the magazine appeared with photographic images.[6] In the period 1911–1914 Il Marzocco rarely featured literary work becoming a political publication.[1] It advocated the 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.[7] Ada Negri, Sibilla Aleramo and Enrico Corradini were among the contributors.[4] One of Ada Negri's articles supported 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][8] Il Marzocco praised Émile Zola as a genuine hero of modernism.[9] Irish writer James Joyce sent a letter to Adolfo Orvieto, then director of Il Marzocco, in June 1913 and asked him to publish his article on Daniel Defoe in the magazine.[10] Joyce's article was not accepted for publication probably due to its anti-British sentiment.[10] Because Il Marzocco had significant numbers of British subscribers.[10]

Il Marzocco folded in 1932.[3] Its issues were digitized by the National Library of Italy in Rome.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Silvio Bigliazzi (2020). "1916: Italian narratives of the Tercentenary crisis". In Silvio Bigliazzi (ed.). Shakespeare and Crisis: One hundred years of Italian narratives. Vol. 2. Amsterdam: 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. London; New York: Continuum. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-4411-7368-3.
  6. ^ Giorgia Alù (2021). Literature and Photography in Italy. Oxford Research Encyclopedias. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190201098.013.1201.
  7. ^ Gabriella Bosano (November 1926). "Current Italian Periodicals". Italica. 3 (4): 83. JSTOR 476108.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ a b c Corinna del Greco Lobner (1993). "A Giornalista Triestino: James Joyce's Letter to Il Marzocco". Joyce Studies Annual. 4: 184–185. JSTOR 26283691.