Classicism and Romanticism in Italian Literature: Leopardi's Discourse on Romantic Poetry (Warwick Series in the Humanities)

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. Giacomo Leopardi wrote a Discourse of an Italian on Romantic Poetry aiming to contribute to the debate from a new perspective.

• | Author: Fabio A. Camilletti
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Jan 21, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 224 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Literary Criticism
• | ISBN-10: 113866457X
• | ISBN-13: 9781138664579