Saggio di commento ai Capricci di Marino

The essay examines the poetics of Giovan Battista Marino's Capricci, the fifth section of Lira iii, focusing on the concept of wit and ingenuity, according to the categories developed by Emanuele Tesauro, as a creative engine. Through the analysis of the proemial sonnet and a group of madrigals with a mythological theme, the text illustrates how Marino reworks traditional materials with originality. The presence of metamorphosis, the use of antithesis and rhetorical figures to create effects of wonder and disillusionment in the reader are highlighted. The essay also underlines Marino's relationship with the tradition and the cultural context of the early Seventeenth century, characterized by an "interrogative perplexity".