Ugo Foscolo's Tragic Vision in Italy and England (Toronto Italian Studies)

Walsh, Rachel A.

University of Toronto Press（2014/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 240 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781442649262
• DDC分類 858.609

Full Description

One of the most celebrated Italian writers of the early Romantic period, Ugo Foscolo (1778-1827) was known primarily as a novelist, a poet, and a nationalist. Following the Napoleonic Wars, he lived in self-exile in England during the last decade of his life. There he wrote numerous critical essays and collaborated with Lord Byron and other well-known members of English literary circles.

Ugo Foscolo's Tragic Vision in Italy and England examines an underexplored aspect of Foscolo's literary career: his tragic plays and critical essays on that genre. Rachel A. Walsh argues that for Foscolo tragedy was more than another genre in which to exercise his literary ambitions. It was the medium for an elaborate life-long process of self-examination and engagement with political and literary conflict. By analysing Foscolo's tragic struggles on and off the stage, Walsh sheds new light on his career and how it reflects on the important literary and political trends of the time.

Contents

Introduction: Ugo Foscolo's Tragic Vision
1. Setting the Stage
2. Debut, Acclaim, and Instruction
3. The Rise and Fall of Ajace
4. Ricciarda in Italy and in England
5. Curtain Call from Exile
Epilogue
Appendix: Original Reviews of Ajace