Le Corricolo, published in English as Sketches of Naples, is a work by Alexandre Dumas published in 1843, in which he recalls the trip he made from Rome to Naples in 1835, with the painter Louis Godefroy Jadin. In the work Dumas alternates episodes he experienced with others coming from the popular tradition.
The original idea of Dumas was a trip along the coast of the whole Mediterranean.[1] This trip should have given him material for a travel book.[1] In order to do that, in 1834 he launched several subscriptions, but he was unable to raise the entire sum needed for the trip.[1] So, he had to reduce the scope of his trip to southern Italy, and it is likely that Dumas had tried to get in touch with revolutionary and Mazzinian elements in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, with a view to an anti-Bourbon uprising. On 12 May 1835 he left together with his friend Louis Godefroy Jadin, a painter, Jadin's dog, Milord, his mistress and later wife, Ida Ferrier, and her sister.[2][1] Passing through Toulon, Nice, Genoa, Livorno, Pisa and Florence (where he arrived on 1 July) he reached Rome, where he asked Ferdinand II's ambassador for permission to visit the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.[3][1] Unfortunately, he had been denounced as a republican agitator and was banned from visiting the kingdom.[3] Due to that, he traveled to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies using the name of Joseph Guichard, a painter and resident of the French Academy at Villa Medici.[3] He traveled clandestinely, always accompanied by his friends,[1] and, after reaching Naples, where he left his lover, he embarked for Sicily on a small boat and was joined by the contraltoCaroline Ungher, who became his lover during the trip.[1][4] He returned to Naples at the end of October 1835 and found Ida, but he was forced to leave the city on 23 November, after only three weeks, after being denounced.[1] Dumas had to wait ten years for the final draft of the romance, time which allowed him to search for literary sources to make the work richer.[3]
Description
A Pizzajolo ("pizza baker") in Naples, ca. 1830
Published in four volumes, which came out between 1841 and 1843, Le Corricolo collects a series of tales inspired by anecdotes, stories, portraits, puns and stories of excursions, that Alexandre Dumas recorded in 1835, when he visited Naples and southern Italy, so much so that, in the English edition, it was published under the title Sketches of Naples. It concludes the author's impressions of his travels in the Kingdom of Naples with his stay in Naples, following on from the two volumes Speronare and Capitaine Aréna, which recounted his travels respectively in Sicily and Calabria with the Aeolian Islands.[3]
A widespread literary tradition has attributed the work to Pier Angelo Fiorentino,[5] one of the French novelist's collaborators, whom the writer got to know during his trip to Italy in 1835, which provided him with the material for this book.[6][7]
The title refers to the means of transport Dumas used to visit the Naples area. As Dumas explains, "Le Corricolo is a kind of tilbury originally intended to hold one person and to be hitched to a horse; it is hitched to two horses, and carries from twelve to fifteen people."[8]
In Le Corricolo Dumas alternates episodes he witnessed or were told to him with others coming from the popular tradition.[1]
Of the tales included in it, many of which were inspired, according to Benedetto Croce, by anecdotes published in 1830 by Michele Palmieri di Micciché,[9] those on the Lazzaroni[10] and those on the evil eye[11] have attracted particular attention from a socio-anthropological perspective.
The book is also noteworthy because it contains one of the first literary accounts of Neapolitan pizza,[12][13][14] which Dumas uses to make a socio-economic analysis of the city:[15][16]
Pizza is: with oil; with bacon; with lard; with cheese; with tomatoes; with small fish. It is the gastronomic thermometer of the market: it rises or falls in price according to the course of the aforementioned ingredients, according to the abundance or famine of the year.
References
^ abcdefghiHelena Demirirdjian (22 January 2021). Julie Anselmini; Claude Schopp (eds.). Le Corricolo: Naples et Dumas, un cheminement amoreux. pp. 349–358. ISBN9782381850153. from the original on 2023-04-10. Retrieved 2023-04-10. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ abcdeNoël Lebeaupin. "Le Coricolo". Alexandre Dumas. Deux Siècles de Littérature vivante (in French). from the original on 2022-09-29. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
^Michele Palmieri di Micciché (1830). "Pensées et souvenirs historiques et contemporaines" (in French). Paris. from the original on 2023-05-07. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
^Dieterle, Bernard (2006). Le Mezzogiorno des écrivains européens (in French). Saint Étienne. p. 133-136. ISBN9782862724300. from the original on 2023-05-07. Retrieved 2023-04-10.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Ernesto De Martino (2001). Sud e magia (in Italian). Milano: Feltrinelli. p. 159-164.
^"Pizza". Enciclopedia Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 10 April 2023. ...la moderna pizza napoletana, le cui prime descrizioni provengono da fonti d'eccezione quali A. Dumas (1835), E. Rocco (1858) e S. Di Giacomo (1893).
^Gennaro De Gregorio (12 May 2020). "Storia della Pizza". academia.edu (in Italian). p. 8. from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
^Antonio Fucito (12 December 2022). "Pizza: le prime testimonianze storiche, tra libri e fotografie" (in Italian). from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
^Rovagnati. "Breve storia della pizza". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
^Dumas, Alexandre. "Le Corricolo: Chapitre VIII, Le lazzarone" (in French). Société des Amis d'Alexandre Dumas. from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
Sources
Raffaele de Cesare (1997). "Il viaggio di A. Dumas in Italia nel 1835". Aevum (in Italian). 3 (September-December 1997): 801–860. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
External links
Sketches of Naples, English edition of Le Corricolo
August 20, 2023
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Le Corricolo published in English as Sketches of Naples is a work by Alexandre Dumas published in 1843 in which he recalls the trip he made from Rome to Naples in 1835 with the painter Louis Godefroy Jadin In the work Dumas alternates episodes he experienced with others coming from the popular tradition Sketches of NaplesA corricolo in Naples in 1850AuthorAlexandre DumasOriginal titleLe CorricoloCountryFranceLanguageFrenchGenreTravel bookPublication date1841 1843 Contents 1 The trip to Italy 2 Description 3 References 4 Sources 5 External linksThe trip to Italy EditThe original idea of Dumas was a trip along the coast of the whole Mediterranean 1 This trip should have given him material for a travel book 1 In order to do that in 1834 he launched several subscriptions but he was unable to raise the entire sum needed for the trip 1 So he had to reduce the scope of his trip to southern Italy and it is likely that Dumas had tried to get in touch with revolutionary and Mazzinian elements in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies with a view to an anti Bourbon uprising On 12 May 1835 he left together with his friend Louis Godefroy Jadin a painter Jadin s dog Milord his mistress and later wife Ida Ferrier and her sister 2 1 Passing through Toulon Nice Genoa Livorno Pisa and Florence where he arrived on 1 July he reached Rome where he asked Ferdinand II s ambassador for permission to visit the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies 3 1 Unfortunately he had been denounced as a republican agitator and was banned from visiting the kingdom 3 Due to that he traveled to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies using the name of Joseph Guichard a painter and resident of the French Academy at Villa Medici 3 He traveled clandestinely always accompanied by his friends 1 and after reaching Naples where he left his lover he embarked for Sicily on a small boat and was joined by the contralto Caroline Ungher who became his lover during the trip 1 4 He returned to Naples at the end of October 1835 and found Ida but he was forced to leave the city on 23 November after only three weeks after being denounced 1 Dumas had to wait ten years for the final draft of the romance time which allowed him to search for literary sources to make the work richer 3 Description Edit A Pizzajolo pizza baker in Naples ca 1830Published in four volumes which came out between 1841 and 1843 Le Corricolo collects a series of tales inspired by anecdotes stories portraits puns and stories of excursions that Alexandre Dumas recorded in 1835 when he visited Naples and southern Italy so much so that in the English edition it was published under the title Sketches of Naples It concludes the author s impressions of his travels in the Kingdom of Naples with his stay in Naples following on from the two volumes Speronare and Capitaine Arena which recounted his travels respectively in Sicily and Calabria with the Aeolian Islands 3 A widespread literary tradition has attributed the work to Pier Angelo Fiorentino 5 one of the French novelist s collaborators whom the writer got to know during his trip to Italy in 1835 which provided him with the material for this book 6 7 The title refers to the means of transport Dumas used to visit the Naples area As Dumas explains Le Corricolo is a kind of tilbury originally intended to hold one person and to be hitched to a horse it is hitched to two horses and carries from twelve to fifteen people 8 In Le Corricolo Dumas alternates episodes he witnessed or were told to him with others coming from the popular tradition 1 Of the tales included in it many of which were inspired according to Benedetto Croce by anecdotes published in 1830 by Michele Palmieri di Micciche 9 those on the Lazzaroni 10 and those on the evil eye 11 have attracted particular attention from a socio anthropological perspective The book is also noteworthy because it contains one of the first literary accounts of Neapolitan pizza 12 13 14 which Dumas uses to make a socio economic analysis of the city 15 16 Pizza is with oil with bacon with lard with cheese with tomatoes with small fish It is the gastronomic thermometer of the market it rises or falls in price according to the course of the aforementioned ingredients according to the abundance or famine of the year References Edit a b c d e f g h i Helena Demirirdjian 22 January 2021 Julie Anselmini Claude Schopp eds Le Corricolo Naples et Dumas un cheminement amoreux pp 349 358 ISBN 9782381850153 Archived from the original on 2023 04 10 Retrieved 2023 04 10 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help de Cesare 1997 p 805 a b c d e Noel Lebeaupin Le Coricolo Alexandre Dumas Deux Siecles de Litterature vivante in French Archived from the original on 2022 09 29 Retrieved 2023 04 09 de Cesare 1997 p 826 Benedetto Croce 1949 Benedetto Croce ed Note sul Corricolo di Alessandro Dumas p 242 246 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help de Cesare 1997 p 843 Giuseppe Monsagrati 1997 FIORENTINO Pier Angelo Retrieved 15 April 2023 a href Template Cite encyclopedia html title Template Cite encyclopedia cite encyclopedia a work ignored help Dumas Le Corricolo Introduction Michele Palmieri di Micciche 1830 Pensees et souvenirs historiques et contemporaines in French Paris Archived from the original on 2023 05 07 Retrieved 2023 04 10 Dieterle Bernard 2006 Le Mezzogiorno des ecrivains europeens in French Saint Etienne p 133 136 ISBN 9782862724300 Archived from the original on 2023 05 07 Retrieved 2023 04 10 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Ernesto De Martino 2001 Sud e magia in Italian Milano Feltrinelli p 159 164 Pizza Enciclopedia Treccani in Italian Retrieved 10 April 2023 la moderna pizza napoletana le cui prime descrizioni provengono da fonti d eccezione quali A Dumas 1835 E Rocco 1858 e S Di Giacomo 1893 Gennaro De Gregorio 12 May 2020 Storia della Pizza academia edu in Italian p 8 Archived from the original on 15 April 2023 Retrieved 9 April 2023 Antonio Fucito 12 December 2022 Pizza le prime testimonianze storiche tra libri e fotografie in Italian Archived from the original on 10 April 2023 Retrieved 10 April 2023 Rovagnati Breve storia della pizza Corriere della Sera in Italian Archived from the original on 9 April 2023 Retrieved 9 April 2023 Dumas Alexandre Le Corricolo Chapitre VIII Le lazzarone in French Societe des Amis d Alexandre Dumas Archived from the original on 5 December 2022 Retrieved 12 June 2023 Sources EditRaffaele de Cesare 1997 Il viaggio di A Dumas in Italia nel 1835 Aevum in Italian 3 September December 1997 801 860 Retrieved 9 April 2023 External links EditSketches of Naples English edition of Le Corricolo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Le Corricolo amp oldid 1160989897, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
