The Italian idea : Anglo-Italian radical literary culture, 1815-23 / Will Bowers, Queen Mary University of London.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowers, Will, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in Romanticism

Cambridge studies in romanticism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.

English literature--Italian influences.

English literature.

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Romanticism--Great Britain.

Romanticism.

Relations.

Great Britain.

Italy--In literature.

Italy.

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Influence.

Dante Alighieri.

Italy--Relations--Great Britain.

Great Britain--Relations--Italy.

Italy--Foreign public opinion, British.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

International relations.

Literature.

Public opinion, British.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xix, 269 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Anglo-Italian radical literary culture, 1815-23

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"From 1815 to 1823 the Italian influence on English literature was at its zenith. While English tourists flocked to Italy, a pervasive Italianism coloured many facets of London life, including poetry, periodicals, translation, and even the Queen's trial of 1820. In this engaging study Will Bowers analyses this radical interaction by pursuing two interrelated objectives. The first examines the Italian literary and political ideas absorbed by Romantic poets, particularly Lord Byron, Leigh Hunt, and Percy Bysshe Shelley. The second reveals the ambassadorial role played in London by Italians, such as Serafino Buonaiuti and Ugo Foscolo, who promoted a revolutionary idea of their homeland and its literature, particularly Dante's Commedia. This dual-perspective study reveals the unified cosmopolitan challenge to Regency mores embodied in the English literary engagement with Italian ideas and the work of Italian exiles in London"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Italians and the 'Public Mind' before 1815

2. London 1816: The Genesis of an Italian Style

3. London 1817-1819: Foscolo, Hobhouse, and Holland House

4. Veneto 1817-1819: Venice Redefined

5. London and Naples, 1819-1821: An Almost Revolutionary Queen

6. Pisa 1820-1822: Sailing in the Wind's Eye

Coda.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-259) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Bowers, Will The Italian idea

ISBN:

9781108491969

1108491960

9781108741378

1108741371

OCLC:

1123188094