I "Concatenati Dolori": Esilio, Scrittura E Censura Nell'autobiografia Letteraria E Nel Poema "L'esule" Di Pietro Giannone‪.‬

Nicola Bietolini, in "I 'concatenati dolori'. Esilio, scrittura e censura nell'autobiografia letteraria e ne 'L'esule' di Pietro Giannone," examines the many ways in which the exilic experience of Giannone is reflected in his writings, primarily in his Vita and the poem "L'esule." What makes Giannone's exilic experience even more troubling (and disturbing for us, as we look back at it) is the incessant persecution of the ecclesiastical authorities even after Giannone had left Naples. To such a continued persecution we owe the autobiography, the poem mentioned above, and related passages in the author's works, as Giannone seeks to portray himself through the literary image of the virtuous citizen who is oppressed by a corrupt and corrupting political and civic system. In these attempts Giannone emerges as a victim of a cruel political and religious power: an exile by antonomasia. Cominciarono in questo nuovo anno i miei concatenati dolori "a rendersi piu sensibili", i quali sempre piu esacerbandosi, per proprio esperimento mi fecer conoscere che la fortuna non comincia mai per poco.