Realtà e magia in <i>Sogno d’un tramonto d’autunno</i> (1898) di Gabriele d’Annunzio

The article intends to propose a reflection on the relationship between reality and magic in Gabriele d’Annunzio’s Sogno d’un tramonto d’autunno , published in 1898 and staged in 1905. The magical action, in fact, far from being merely a narrative expedient, lends dynamics to a theatrical text in which the action tends to be off‐stage, and enhances the dreamlike dimension in which the story is set.