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

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

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Description 1 online resource Series Cambridge studies in Romanticism Cambridge studies in Romanticism. Contents Introduction -- Italians and the 'public mind' before -- The Genesis of an Italian Style -- Foscolo, Hobhouse, and Holland House -- Venice Redefined -- An Almost Revolutionary Queen -- Sailing in the Wind's Eye -- Coda 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 08, 2020) Subject Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Influence SUBJECT Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. fast (OCoLC)fst00029097 Subject English literature -- Italian influences. English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Romanticism -- Great Britain English literature. English literature -- Italian influences. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) International relations. Literature. Public opinion, British. Romanticism. SUBJECT Italy -- In literature Italy -- Relations -- Great Britain Great Britain -- Relations -- Italy Italy -- Foreign public opinion, British Subject Great Britain. Italy. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2019040876 ISBN 9781108590228 1108590225

Other Titles Anglo-Italian radical literary culture, 1815-23

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