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"Il profumo nel decadentismo americano: 'The Eighth Deadly Sin' di James Huneker"
No full textMolto apprezzato dal celebre scrittore e critico H. L. Mencken, che arrivò addirittura a descriverlo come l'unico ‘peana’ dedicato al profumo mai scritto lingua inglese, il racconto “The Eighth Deadly Sin” ( “L'ottavo peccato mortale”) di James Huneker (1857-1921), uscito nella raccolta Visionaries del 1905, costituisce uno degli scritti più rappresentativi dei rapporti tra cultura sensuale e decadentismo negli Stati Uniti tra Otto e Novecento. Questo saggio vi rintraccia insite le tematiche e la poetiche dell’estetismo e del decadentismo su entrambe le sponde dell’Atlantico. La figura retorica dell'ekphrasis, per esempio, viene qui originalmente rielaborata in chiave sinestetica e ‘olfattiva’ con l’intento di trovare non solo affinità inedite tra letteratura e profumo, ma anche per celebrare quest’ultimo come la più grande e sovversiva tra le arti
Introduzione
No full textConsiderato il capolavoro della narrativa breve dello scrittore afroamericano Charles W. Chesnutt, il racconto “Il Procuste di Baxter” (1904), tradotto qui per la prima volta in italiano, è una divertente quanto impietosa satira dei club letterari asserviti al mantenimento del privilegio e dello status quo culturale e sociale. Percorso da echi curiosamente melvilliani, il racconto segue la nascita di un “caso letterario” che diventa tale, per paradosso, proprio nel momento in cui ne viene svelata l’inesistenza. Un racconto dove trionfa il magistrale talento ironico di Chesnutt e che si contraddistingue per una spiccata valenza metanarrativa che conduce il lettore a interrogarsi sui rapporti enigmatici tra l’opera e la sua manifestazione materiale—e, non in ultimis, sul valore stesso della letteratura.
“Il Procuste di Baxter” è qui accompagnato da altri quattro racconti—presentati anch’essi nella loro prima traduzione italiana—incentrati sulla cosiddetta “linea del colore”, in cui vengono ritratte le tensioni razziali negli Stati Uniti di fine Ottocento: opere esemplificative del talento poliedrico e della varietà di temi, di registro e di stile che contraddistinsero la fine prosa breve di Chesnutt
Territory of the Private Life: James, Turgenev, and Venice
No full textThis essay focuses on Henry James’s major phase masterpiece The Wings of the Dove (1902) and on Ivan Turgenev's third novel On the Eve (1860) - a favorite of James's - discussing the similar interplay between setting and characterization in the second half of both texts
Perfume in the American Decadent Movement: James Huneker’s “The Eighth Deadly Sin”
No full textEnglish translation of the essay "Il profumo nel decadentismo americano: "The Eighth Deadly Sin" di James Huneker" originally published in 201
Comparison between real and estimated carbohydrate supplements in type 1 diabetic patients during 1-h runs
No full textIntroduction:
In Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) physical activity helps to maintain better metabolic control, enhancing patients quality of life (Riddell et al., 2013). However, the risk of hypoglicemia during or after physical activity represents one of the most important factors limiting voluntary exercise in T1DM (Dubé et al., 2006). To prevent hypoglicemia it is suggested to ingest greater quantities of charbohydrates (CHO), even after reducing the dose of insuline. (Grimm blabla). To achieve better glycemic balance a specific algorithm has been recently proposed. ECRES estimates the glucose supplement for individualized patients and situations, in order to maintain safe blood glucose levels (Francescato et al., 2011). Aim of the present study was to compare free CHO consumption during a marathon 24x1 hour (Telethon 2013), with ECRES estimated glucose supplement.
Methods:
Telethon 24x1 hour is an annual event to collect fundings for research on rare diseases. During this event a team composed by people with T1DM participated, each member running for 1 hour. From the 24 participants, we could not include in our analysis 5 people, 1 because of a positive peptide C and 4 because of unreliable recorded heart rate. At the end 19 patients were included (8 females, 10 with multiple daily insuline injections, 36±10 yrs, 68±11 kg, 7.47±0.85 HbA1c). Medical assistance was continuously provided during the whole event. It have been recorded information about their usual therapies, any specific adjustment, blood glucose before, in the middle, and at the end of their run, and heart rate during the run. ECRES algorithm was adjusted on patient’s specific case and glycemia was estimated and compared with real results. ECRES estimation was considered “good” if final glycemia was between 70 and 180 mg/dL (3.9 – 10 mM).
Results:
Patients run on average 10.4±2.8 km in about 1 h each, showing an average heart rate of 157±21 bpm. Glycemia at the start of the fraction was in the range 4.5-20.6 mmol/L; in 8/19 cases glycemia was > 10 mmol/L while no one was < 3.9 mmol/L. Average glycemia at 30 min amounted to 9.1±4.5 mmol/L; three patients incurred in a moderate fall of glycemia (between 3.3 and 3.9 mmol/L at 30 min), quickly and stably compensated consuming a few sugar drops. Glycemia further decreased significantly (p<0.01) to 7.4±3.1 mmol/L at the end of the runs. One patient incurred in a more severe hyoglycemia at about 40 min (2 mmol/L) that was difficult to be compensated by the end of the race. In three cases, glycemia increased by the end of the patient’s run. The amount of carbohydrates estimated by the ECRES algorithm would allow 63% of patients to conclude their 1-h run with glycemia in the optimal range.
Discussion
Present investigation showed that patients let free to choose the best countermeasure to prevent an excessive fall of glycemia for 1-h run frequently induce an inappropriate high glycemia before the start of the physical activity. The ECRES algorithm, although specifically designed to estimate the carbohydrates required by a T1DM patient for aerobic exercises, would have suggested appropriate amounts of carbohydrates also for the more challenging physical activity performed by patients on the occasion of the 24 x 1-h Telethon Marathon. This result supports the view that the ECRES algorithm can indeed become a useful tool for T1DM patients to help them in keeping more constant glycemic levels on exercise occasions.
Bibliography
Dubé MC, Valois P, Prud’homme D, Weisnagel SJ, Lavoie C (2006). Diabetes Res Clin Pract, 72(1): 20-26.
Francescato MP, Geat M, Accardo A, Blokar M, Cattin L, Noacco C (2011). Med Sci Sports Exerc, 43(1): 2-11.
Grimm JJ, Ybarra J, Berne ́ C, Muchnick S, Golay A (2004). Diabetes Metab,30(5):465–70.
Riddell MC, Miadovnik L, Simms M, Li B, Zisser H (2013). Diabetes Technol Ther, 15(1): S96-106
A structural comparison of the Californian Penutian
No full textFrancescato G. A structural comparison of the Californian Penutian. In: Journal de la Société des Américanistes. Tome 51, 1962. pp. 109-128
"'Nothing but a feeling of brotherhood': the Interracial Question and the Return to Africa in Pauline Hopkins's Of One Blood"
No full textDuring the last twenty years Pauline Hopkins’s novel Of One Blood: Or, the Hidden Self (1903) has turned out to be one of the most debated text of early twentieth-century African American literature. In my essay I engage in a close reading of the novel in order to further investigate the method of characterization in relation to the ideological stances of the author. While most recent criticism has focused on Hopkins’ portrayal of male/female and/or the female/female relations in the novel, my study analyzes the dynamics among the four chief male characters and possibly proposes a fresher understanding of the race relations in the text. On the one hand, my study questions those pessimistic interpretations which tend to overlook any significant positive interracial relations in the story. On the other hand it provides new elements to reassess the supposed influence of late nineteenth/early twentieth-century imperialist rhetoric over Hopkins’ fiction, which has been already suggested by other scholars. My research on the method of characterization also calls attention to Hopkins’s creative handling of the figure of the mulatto and puts a new emphasis on her ability of representing black women’s pivotal role in the construction of black identity in America
Due o tre cose che sappiamo di lei: una riflessione su "Rose" di Andre Dubus e Wanda di Barbara Loden
No full text"Grant Allen, Literature, and the Uses of Europe"
No full textThe essay provides a critical introduction to Grant Allen's 1899 novel Rosalba: The Story of Her Development
Daniela Ciani Forza e Simone Francescato (a cura di), Il profumo della letteratura
No full textRecensione di Il profumo della letteratura, a cura di Daniela Ciani Forza e Simone FrancescatoReview of Daniela Ciani Forza e Simone Francescato (a cura di), Il profumo della letteratura, edited by Daniela Ciani Forza and Simone Francescato
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