"Fabula narratur toto notissima caelo": "cornuto" e cornuti nel "Gattopardo"

Abstract

In Il Gattopardo of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa there are three cuckolds: Vulcan, Giuseppe Garibaldi, and Tancredi Falconeri. This study explains how this triad is constituted and shows how the three figures are related in the narrative. The analysis opens a new perspective on the interpretation of the novel and brings out some aspects of its implicit organization.