Post by account_disabled on Dec 31, 2023 22:48:58 GMT -5
Naked and alone we came into exile. In her dark womb we did not know the face of our mother, from the prison of her flesh we came to the indescribable, unspeakable prison of this earth. Who among us met the brother? Who looked into the father's heart? Who hasn't remained forever a prisoner? Who is not forever alone and a stranger? O immense desolation, lost in the torrid labyrinths, among the shining stars on this exhausted and extinguished ember, lost! Mutely we search for the great forgotten language, the lost road to the sky, a stone, a leaf, a hidden door. Where? When? Lost spirit, mourned by the wind, returns again. That's how it's written. If we manage to write like this, we know we have a unique novel in our hands.
Genius Go to the movies and learn about creative writing. In this case nothing new, but it's always good to reiterate. Someone will have realized that I saw the film Genius : go and see it, if you haven't already. Imagine if I missed a film about the twenties. And then there was a nice cast and the story also interested me, since I didn't know Thomas Wolfe and now his novels are almost impossible to find. The title must evoke the story The title of his first novel was O Lost – and so it is found in an Italian edition – but editor Special Data Max Perkins suggested he change it. Wolfe then chose Look Homeward , Angel. O Lost comes from the last line of the quoted incipit: Or lost, and by the wind grieved, ghost, come back again. Of course, they are both poetic titles, even if the first one chosen ( Or Lost ) doesn't have much meaning. The title must evoke the story.
But what exactly does this mean? The story is made up of many passages, scenes, characters, dialogues. History is a complex of elements, all indispensable. The title, then, must evoke the main theme of the story . Let's look, as usual, at Manzoni, and at his masterpiece: The Betrothed . Isn't the whole troubled story in that title? He didn't choose "The newlyweds", but he added "betrothed". So, of course, the two are not yet husband and wife. They are still engaged, promised, but no, "promised" is much more than engaged, "promised" is close to marriage. But then why that adjective? Because something is preventing them from having that marriage. The story is not about Renzo and Lucia being married, but about Renzo and Lucia wanting, trying to get married.
Genius Go to the movies and learn about creative writing. In this case nothing new, but it's always good to reiterate. Someone will have realized that I saw the film Genius : go and see it, if you haven't already. Imagine if I missed a film about the twenties. And then there was a nice cast and the story also interested me, since I didn't know Thomas Wolfe and now his novels are almost impossible to find. The title must evoke the story The title of his first novel was O Lost – and so it is found in an Italian edition – but editor Special Data Max Perkins suggested he change it. Wolfe then chose Look Homeward , Angel. O Lost comes from the last line of the quoted incipit: Or lost, and by the wind grieved, ghost, come back again. Of course, they are both poetic titles, even if the first one chosen ( Or Lost ) doesn't have much meaning. The title must evoke the story.
But what exactly does this mean? The story is made up of many passages, scenes, characters, dialogues. History is a complex of elements, all indispensable. The title, then, must evoke the main theme of the story . Let's look, as usual, at Manzoni, and at his masterpiece: The Betrothed . Isn't the whole troubled story in that title? He didn't choose "The newlyweds", but he added "betrothed". So, of course, the two are not yet husband and wife. They are still engaged, promised, but no, "promised" is much more than engaged, "promised" is close to marriage. But then why that adjective? Because something is preventing them from having that marriage. The story is not about Renzo and Lucia being married, but about Renzo and Lucia wanting, trying to get married.