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):

Italian poetry--19th century--History and criticism.

Italian poetry.

Leopardi, Giacomo, 1798-1837.

Leopardi, Giacomo.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, NJ : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Lanham, MD : Co-published with Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The major themes and human concerns expressed in Leopardi's writings are related to his life experiences and to the historical period in which he lived. Of central interest are the book's discussions of nobility and love as these two themes evolve and change as Leopardi acquired a more general and universal conception of life. The fascinating admixture in his work of classical and modern perspectives on life and literature is highlighted throughout the book.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Sources and Translations; Introduction; Part One: Nobility-A Family Legacy and a Lingering Ideal; 1 Family Connections; 2 Poetry and the Heroic; 3 A Different Nobility; Part Two: Leopardi in Love; 4 The Languages of Love and Misogyny; 5 A Loving Partnership and Consalvo; 6 A Different Love; Part Three: Leopardi as a Poet of the Risorgimento; 7 The Poetry and Rhetoric of Liberal Patriotism; 8 Monaldo and Giacomo Leopardi; 9 Unpleasant, Rancorous Leopardi; 10 Leopardi in a Twentieth-Century Political Context; Part Four: Leopardi as Poet-Philosopher

11 Nihilism, Death, and the Human Condition12 Nietzsche, Lucretius, and Leopardi; 13 Leopardi between Supernaturalism and Materialism; 14 How Schopenhauer Illuminates Leopardi; Part Five: Humanism in Life and Letters; 15 Friendship and Classical Studies; 16 Women in Leopardi's Intellectual and Sentimental Life; 17 Humanism and Society; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-68393-836-4

1-280-67004-5

9786613646972

1-61147-506-6

OCLC:

779141478