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Classicism and Romanticism in Italian literature : Leopardi's discourse on romantic poetry
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Camilletti, Fabio (2013) Classicism and Romanticism in Italian literature : Leopardi's discourse on romantic poetry. Warwick Series in the Humanities, Number 1 . London: Pickering and Chatto. ISBN 9781848932876
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Abstract
In 1816 a violent literary quarrel engulfed Bourbon Restoration Italy. On one side the Romantics wanted an opening up of Italian culture towards Europe, and on the other the Classicists favoured an inward-looking Italy, based on its Greco-Roman roots. Giacomo Leopardi (1798–1837), a young poet and philosopher, wrote a Discourse of an Italian on Romantic Poetry in 1818, aiming to contribute to the debate from a new perspective; it was finally published in 1906. This study provides the first complete English translation of the Discourse by Gabrielle Sims and Fabio A Camilletti. It is placed in context and its potential impact on contemporary Restoration Italy is assessed. Camilletti argues that the Classicist/Romanticist clash can be seen as the aftermath of the political, social and cultural trauma caused by the Napoleonic Wars.
Item Type: | Book | ||||
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Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DG Italy P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > Italian | ||||
Series Name: | Warwick Series in the Humanities | ||||
Publisher: | Pickering and Chatto | ||||
Place of Publication: | London | ||||
ISBN: | 9781848932876 | ||||
Official Date: | April 2013 | ||||
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Volume: | Number 1 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 256 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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