The Middle Ages of Postmodernism

The relationship between Dante and Radiohead has been intense and surprisingly long-lasting over the years: from the conceptual framework of OK Computer (1997) to the experimentalism of Amnesiac (2001), taking into account the motifs of Dolce Stil Novo in In Rainbows (2007). The investigation will a...

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Autor: Pantalei, Giulio Carlo|||0000-0002-5105-2527
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:216407
Acesso em linha:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/216407
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/dea.120
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Dante Alighieri
Radiohead
Thom Yorke
Divine Comedy
Rachel Owen
English translations of the Divine Comedy
Divina commedia
Traduzioni in inglese della divina commedia
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Resumo:The relationship between Dante and Radiohead has been intense and surprisingly long-lasting over the years: from the conceptual framework of OK Computer (1997) to the experimentalism of Amnesiac (2001), taking into account the motifs of Dolce Stil Novo in In Rainbows (2007). The investigation will attempt to retrace the imagination of the singer-songwriter within the literary land of the Florentine poet, exploring the thresholds and paratexts used to convey a modernization of the Comedy. An original interpretation of some of Radiohead's most acclaimed works, including 2+2=5 (The Lukewarm - The Ignavi) and Pyramid Song, will reveal the depth - also philological and intertextual - of this cultural operation that ranges from the social commitment of the Supreme Poet to a superhuman journey to Heaven "in a small rowboat" through a special guide that leads to Love itself.