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The Development of Nationalism Reflected in the Literature of Italy, 1775-1825 (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Myers, Jean Campbell

 
9780243033720: The Development of Nationalism Reflected in the Literature of Italy, 1775-1825 (Classic Reprint)

Sinopsis

This study shows how six Italian writers helped spark national unity from 1775 to 1825, shaping Italy’s future.

This book frames the rise of Italian nationalism through the lives and works of Parini, Alfieri, Monti, Foscolo, Leopardi, and Manzoni. It traces how their ideas, hopes, and writings reflected a turning point from fragmented duchies to a modern sense of a nation. You’ll see how their shifting loyalties, prayers for liberty, and responses to revolution influenced later generations and the path to unification.

  • How these writers balanced loyalty to old orders with new ideas of liberty and nationhood.
  • How the Napoleonic era and European revolutions reframed Italian thinking about unity and language.
  • Their evolving views on democracy, monarchy, religion, and the role of culture in nation-building.
  • Connections between literary aims and political change, and what guided their influence on readers and later reformers.
Ideal for readers of Italian literary history and nationalist history, this edition helps you understand the roots of a united Italy through its most influential writers.

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The beginning of national consciousness in Italy is not found till the latter part of the eighteenth century. But to exclude the earlier part of the era as an important influence merely because the period had no definite mention of national consciousness would be really ignoring the true beginning. For the political, the social, and the economic reforms, the struggle with the Papacy, and the general de mandby the upperclasses for greater freedom were all essen tial parts of what would be the cry of the nineteenth cen tury. Without these things as a background it would have been impossible to arouse the people. To be a success a revolution must have the masses behind it, and unless they are partially educated, it is difficult to appeal to them. The advances made between 1700 - 1775 really began this education of the people. The reformers were not interested in unity nor in nationalism; very little mention is found of the former and the latter did not exist. But when the time did come they were ready. They were to make Italy. Yet before 1870-many things were to occur and many battles were to be fought before the dream could become a reality.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Development of Nationalism Reflected in the Literature of Italy, 1775-1825

Is not found till the latter part of the eighteenth century. But to exclude the earlier part of the era as an important influence merely because the period had no definite mention of national consciousness would be really ignoring the true beginning. For the political, the social, and the economic reforms, the struggle with the Papacy, and the general de manahy the upperclasses for greater freedom were all essen tial parts of what would be the cry of the nineteenth cen tury. Without these things as a background it would have been impossible to arouse the people. To be a success a revolution must have the masses behind it, and unless they are partially educated, it is difficult to appeal to them. The advances made between 1700 - 1775 really began this education of the people. The reformers were not interested in unity nor in nationalism; very little mention is found of the former and the latter did not exist. But when the time did come they were ready. They were to make Italy. Yet before 1870-many things were to occur and many battles were to be fought before the dream could become a reality.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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