Italy and the English Romantics
Italy and the English Romantics
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GBPA fashionable and well-informed interest in Italy was a feature of English intellectual life in the first half of the 19th century. Most cultured people could read Italian and knew something of Italian literature. Young ladies learned to sing in Italian, whilst young gentlemen completed their education with a tour in Italy. Painters went there to make copies from Raphael; architects to sketch the Graeco-Roman ruins. Men of letters in particular found themselves drawn to Italy and much Romantic literature reflects this interest; many works owe their origin to Italian literature. In this book, which was originally published in 1957, Dr Brand traces the growth and decline of the social fashion which made Italy the goal of so many cultured Englishmen. He examines in particular the extent and significance of Italy's fascination for the English romantic writers, and traces the effects of the fashion in music, painting, architecture and political affairs.
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June 2011Paperback
9780521247290
312 pages
216 × 140 × 18 mm
0.4kg
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Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I. Travel and Language:
- 1. The English travellers in Italy
- 2. The Italian exiles in England
- 3. Study of the Italian language
- Part II. Literature: The Interest in Italian Literature and its Influence in England:
- 4. Dante
- 5. Italian romantic narrative poetry
- 6. Italian lyric poetry
- 7. The Italian novelle
- 8. Italian drama and other works
- Part III. The Arts and Landscape:
- 9. English interest in Italian painting, sculpture and architecture
- 10. The classical antiquities
- 11. The appeal of the Italian scene
- 12. Italian opera in England
- Part IV. History, Politics and Religion:
- 13. The romance of Italian history
- 14. English reaction to political events in Italy
- 15. The Catholic question
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Index.
