L’attesa di Rebora. Fonti dei Canti anonimi e frammenti inediti a cavallo della Grande Guerra (con un nuovo documento per la lettura di Dall’imagine tesa)

The discovery of an unpublished document illuminates the famous and most anthologized poem of Clemente Rebora (1885-1957), Dall’imagine tesa, offering a new interpretation to the mystery of the headline figure, important because it represents the meaning of the poet’s «terrible choice» after the dramatic experience of World War I and love with the Russian pianist Lydia Natus. The time of search and expectation, which has its outcome in Catholic conversion and in religious choice with a secret vote, pervades the collection of Canti anonimi, whose sources are investigated thanks to some author’s archival fragments. Roberto Cicala - Valerio Rossi, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano