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ti voglio bene!" // | |||
By the second winter in Rome I had evolved | By the second winter in Rome I had evolved | ||
into an implacable anti-facist. The more so, perhaps | into an implacable anti-facist. The more so, perhaps | ||
because I had come to know Umberto Barbaro | because I had come to know Umberto Barbaro | ||
and with him, something of the young intellectuals | and with him, something of the young intellectuals | ||
in the orbit of Marinetti and his | in the orbit of Marinetti and his Teatro degli Indipendenti. | ||
"Come with me to spot where we | "Come with me to a spot where we | ||
all meet for a glass of wine after the performance. | all meet for a glass of wine after the performance. | ||
Anyone can ask for the floor and hold a talk. | Anyone can ask for the floor and hold a talk. | ||
I'd be so pleased if you should feel like doing | I'd be so pleased if you should feel like doing | ||
so." | so." | ||
Barbaro used to spend an hour or so | Barbaro used to [[crossed out: come for]] [[^spend]] an hour or so | ||
with | [[^with me]], several days a week, and we read and discussed | ||
the major Italian poets and prose writers of the | the major [[^Italian]] poets and prose writers of the | ||
nineteenth century. It was with Barbaro that I | nineteenth century. It was with Barbaro that I | ||
first read the poems of Leopardi and it was in | first read the poems of Leopardi and it was in | ||
the frame of his thoughtful scholarship that I | the frame of his thoughtful scholarship that I | ||
came to appreciate the significance of D' | came to appreciate the significance of D'Annunzio | ||
and Verga in the inspiration of a modern literary | and Verga in the inspiration of a modern literary | ||
movement in Italy and the importance | movement in Italy and the importance | ||
of such personalities as | of such personalities as Italo Suevo and Giovanni | ||
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ti voglio bene!" // By the second winter in Rome I had evolved into an implacable anti-facist. The more so, perhaps because I had come to know Umberto Barbaro and with him, something of the young intellectuals in the orbit of Marinetti and his Teatro degli Indipendenti. "Come with me to a spot where we all meet for a glass of wine after the performance. Anyone can ask for the floor and hold a talk. I'd be so pleased if you should feel like doing so." Barbaro used to crossed out: come for ^spend an hour or so ^with me, several days a week, and we read and discussed the major ^Italian poets and prose writers of the nineteenth century. It was with Barbaro that I first read the poems of Leopardi and it was in the frame of his thoughtful scholarship that I came to appreciate the significance of D'Annunzio and Verga in the inspiration of a modern literary movement in Italy and the importance of such personalities as Italo Suevo and Giovanni