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Modern Italian Poets; Essays and Versions

by William Dean Howells

Level C1 · AdvancedHistoricalPoetry17 chapters
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About this book

Explore the passionate intersection of poetry and politics in Italy’s struggle for national unity, as poets wield their pens like swords to inspire freedom and shape a new era during a century of revolutionary change.

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Contents

17 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02ARCADIAN SHEPHERDS
03GIUSEPPE PARINI
04VITTORIO ALFIERI
05VINCENZO MONTI AND UGO FOSCOLO
06Notes:
07ALESSANDRO MANZONI
08SILVIO PELLICO, TOMASSO GROSSI, LUIGI CAREER, AND GIOVANNI BERCHET
09GIAMBATTISTA NICCOLINI
10GIACOMO LEOPARDI
11GIUSEPPE GIUSTI
12FRANCESCO DALL' ONGARO

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