Poetry · Character
Salvini
The great Salvini, a celebrated tragedian whose thunderous performances become the measure of art's power and its absurdity.
supporting
Also known as great Salvini
First appearance: poetry
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The great Italian actor whose expressive performance is the focus of the chapter.
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Salvini stands as the book's emblem of the actor's colossal, almost inhuman presence, a figure whose grief and grandeur shake continents and wake the recording angel from sleep. Against him Bierce sets the petty critic…
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The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the speaker’s obsessive pursuit of the divine rose fragrance…
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