Giacomo Leopardi's Search for a Common Life Through Poetry
Frank Rosengarten
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Hardback. Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADT; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
This book traces the life of Giacomo 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 world view. He also devotes a section of the book to the ... Read more
This book traces the life of Giacomo 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 world view. He also devotes a section of the book to the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Series
The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611475050
SKU
V9781611475050
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99-15
About Frank Rosengarten
Frank Rosengarten is a professor of Italian studies and the author of numerous publications. His most recent books are The Writings of the Young Marcel Proust, 1885–1900 (2001) and Urbane Revolutionary: C. L. R. James and the Struggle for a New Society (2008).
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