The essay analyses several excerpts from Gabriele D'Annunzio's public speeches from the period of his reign in the town of Fiume as a self-appointed dictator. The concept of the “state of exception” as explored by Giorgio Agamben and Mikhail Bakhtin's notion of the carnival are applied to a reading of D'Annunzio's exercises in political rhetoric.

Keywords:
Gabriele D'Annunzio, “state of exception”, Giorgio Agamben, Mikhail Bakhtin, carnival
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2012
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