«Molto più fruttuosamente si leggerebbe il ‘Rosario’ del Guelfucci, che la ‘Commedia’ di Dante». Sulla fortuna del ‘Rosario della Madonna’ (1600) di Capoleone Guelfucci

• Autores: Francesco Samarini
• Localización: Giornale storico della letteratura italiana, ISSN 0017-0496, Vol. 200, Nº. 670, 2023, págs. 213-254
• Idioma: italiano
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  • This article analyses the reception of Capoelone Guelfucci’s Rosario della Madonna (1600), one of the most successful examples in the literary genre of the religious epic poem. After introducing the main features of the text, this study focuses on the extent of its popularity at the time of its publication, followed by an analysis of the numerous comments on the work voiced in the early 17th century. The opinions were for the most part positive and established Guelfucci as a champion within the renewed tradition of Christian-inspired literature. Given the poem’s popularity, it was drawn into various literary debates concerning Dante (Adriano Politi went so far as to suggest that Guelfucci was superior to Dante, causing a string of reactions) or into debates comparing Rosario to Gerusalemme liberata, the work from which the former took its inspiration. Lastly, the article examines the reasons why Guelfucci is referred to in a considerable number of treatises of the time, and above all, how he became a model for some of the leading poets of the 17th century (e.g. Marino, Imperiale and Ceva). A study on the reception of Rosario della Madonna makes it possible to capture some of the key critical and literary trends of the early 17th century, in addition to reawakening interest in a text that today only few are familiar with, but which played a prominent role in the cultural debates of Guelfucci’s lifetime.