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

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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.

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