Il richiamo degli abissi: una ripresa del Glauco ovidiano in H. P. Lovecraft
Abstract
È noto da tempo che Ovidio, e in particolare le Metamorfosi, furono tra le letture più amate dello scrittore americano H. P. Lovecraft. In quest’articolo si argomenta, anche tramite il riferimento ad altre opere dello stesso Lovecraft, come l’episodio ovidiano di Glauco sia stata un’importante fonte d’ispirazione per il racconto The Shadow over Innsmouth, incentrato su un malefico culto marino e sulla metamorfosi del narratore in un immortale abitatore degli abissi.
It has long been known that Ovid, and especially his Metamorphoses, were among the favorite readings of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. This article argues, in part with reference to other works by Lovecraft himself, that the Ovidian episode of Glaucus was an important source of inspiration for the short story The Shadow over Innsmouth, which centers on an evil sea cult and the narrator’s metamorphosis into an immortal denizen of the deep.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.13129/2724-0169/2024.6.145-157
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