Giacomo Leopardi's search for a common life through poetry : a different nobility, a different love / Frank Rosengarten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosengarten, Frank, 1927-

Series:

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies

The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leopardi, Giacomo, 1798-1837.

Leopardi, Giacomo.

Physical Description:

xix, 264 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Co-published with Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, [2012]

Summary:

This book traces the life and work of Giacome Leopardi by examining four different yet interrelated aspects: his social origins and class in relation to his evolving conception of nobility; the mixture of idealism and misogynism in his attitude toward women and in his conception of love; his poems and prose on the theme of Italian independence; and his philosophical materialism as expressed in his poetry, intellectual diary, and essays. Frank Rosengarten pays particular attention to the ways in which the thought of Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche illuminates Leopardi's worldview; he also devotes a section of the book to the different personal, moral, and philological components of Leopardi's humanism. Throughout, Rosengarten maintains a sharp focus on the connections between Leoardi's life and the historical period in which he lived. Book jacket.

Contents:

Nobility: a family legacy and a lingering ideal

Leopardi in love

Leopardi as a poet of the Risorgimento

Leopardi as poet-philosopher

Humanism in life and letters.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781611475050

1611475058

9781611475067

1611475066

OCLC:

759916341