It is a term used to describe a form of creative writing that has been metamorphosed to acclimate a certain varient of statistics within the literary work. What is the term, and can you provide an author reknown for using this device?

lanfranco

Hmmm. Seems that this question has been hanging around for a day, and hints might be warranted. I first thought of the "Annales" school of historical writing, from the classical "Annal," and for that, we've got Bloch and Braudel. Then there's "hysterical fiction," for which I would offer Pynchon, and even the "Curtal Sonnet" -- a very long shot -- represented by Hopkins. But, somehow, I don't think that these possibilities are correct. A clue, please? Jul 02 06, 6:36 PM

peasypod

You said it last week, Frankie, that you and I both speak Italian. Use that thought in your deduction. Jul 02 06, 6:41 PM

lanfranco

This doesn't have anything to do with hermeneutics, does it? I don't want to head down the wrong path... Jul 03 06, 5:02 PM

peasypod

No, not really...but, a good deal close in fact. Change my wording around and you will get a direct hit on Google. Otherwise, the author I'm inclined to associate this device with is thought to have been poisoned for refusing to murder a member one of Europe's most notorious families. Jul 03 06, 6:13 PM

peasypod

Starts with R... Jul 04 06, 9:28 AM

lanfranco

Well, there's Francesco Berni (1497-1536), noted for the burlesque (his "poesia bernesca" or "burlesca"), and he is supposed to have been poisoned by Alessandro de'Medici for refusing to knock off Ippolito de' Medici -- though one story says it was Cardinal Salviati he was supposed to have murdered. But -- "starts with "R"? I suppose I shall have to keep looking. I'm a bit confused by the statistics thing, too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Berni Jul 04 06, 4:10 PM

peasypod

Oooooh, good girl Frankie. You have the author I had in mind. Now, get the device. Take a closer look at your Wiki site... Jul 04 06, 4:48 PM

lanfranco

O.K., you can't mean an author whose name starts with "R" -- translator William Rose was a nobody, if you ask me. I'm going to assume that you mean a "rifacimento," a "remaking," or a recasting of a poem to fit with contemporary interests and circumstances. Berni did this with Matteo Boiardo's highly-problematic "Orlando innamorato." But I still don't know precisely what you mean by a "variant on statistics." Do you have a site? Jul 04 06, 6:06 PM

peasypod

Assume correct Frankie, rifacimento it is. Nice One. (Rifacimento is a term describing a literary work recast to adapt it to a change in the circumstances of the time.) The only reference I had stumbled on was this one pertaining to Orlando Innamorato when I was doing a bit of research. http://www.answers.com/topic/orlando-innamorato Jul 04 06, 6:15 PM

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