Builders of United Italy

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, History, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book Builders of United Italy by Rupert Sargent Holland, Library of Alexandria
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Rupert Sargent Holland ISBN: 9781465583475
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Rupert Sargent Holland
ISBN: 9781465583475
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English
Alfieri was more than a great poet, he was the discoverer of a new national life in the scattered states of Italy. Putting aside consideration of his tragedies as literature, no student of the eighteenth century can fail to appreciate his influence over Italian thought. It was as though a people who had forgotten their nationality suddenly heard anew the stories of their common folk-lore. The race of Dante, of Petrarch, and of Tasso spoke again in the words of Alfieri. It was high time that disunited Italy should find a poet’s voice. There was no vigor, no resolution, no originality from Turin to Naples, people of all classes were sunk in apathy. No wonder that foreign lovers of mediæval Italy turned their eyes away from the seats of so much former glory; there seemed little hope in a people given over to trivial personal enjoyment. There was no liberty of speech or action—sentiment, reason, passion were all measured by the grand-ducal yard-stick.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Alfieri was more than a great poet, he was the discoverer of a new national life in the scattered states of Italy. Putting aside consideration of his tragedies as literature, no student of the eighteenth century can fail to appreciate his influence over Italian thought. It was as though a people who had forgotten their nationality suddenly heard anew the stories of their common folk-lore. The race of Dante, of Petrarch, and of Tasso spoke again in the words of Alfieri. It was high time that disunited Italy should find a poet’s voice. There was no vigor, no resolution, no originality from Turin to Naples, people of all classes were sunk in apathy. No wonder that foreign lovers of mediæval Italy turned their eyes away from the seats of so much former glory; there seemed little hope in a people given over to trivial personal enjoyment. There was no liberty of speech or action—sentiment, reason, passion were all measured by the grand-ducal yard-stick.

More books from Library of Alexandria

Cover of the book Memoirs of the Empress Catherine II. Written by Herself by Rupert Sargent Holland
Cover of the book The Valley of Vision by Rupert Sargent Holland
Cover of the book The Empire of Russia from the Remotest Period to the Present Time by Rupert Sargent Holland
Cover of the book Recreations of Christopher North (Complete) by Rupert Sargent Holland
Cover of the book Creative Intelligence: Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Rupert Sargent Holland
Cover of the book Locke Amsden: The Schoolmaster by Rupert Sargent Holland
Cover of the book Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12) Henrie the Second by Rupert Sargent Holland
Cover of the book The Silent Rifleman! A Tale of the Texan Prairies by Rupert Sargent Holland
Cover of the book A House Party With the Tucker Twins by Rupert Sargent Holland
Cover of the book The Golden House by Rupert Sargent Holland
Cover of the book Women of Modern France by Rupert Sargent Holland
Cover of the book Musings of a Chinese Mystic by Rupert Sargent Holland
Cover of the book Mother Stories from the Old and New Testaments: A Book of the Best Stories from the Old and New Testaments that Mothers Can Tell Their Children by Rupert Sargent Holland
Cover of the book Records of The Past: Being English Translations of The Ancient Monuments of Egypts and Western Asia (Complete) by Rupert Sargent Holland
Cover of the book Out with Garibaldi: A Story of the Liberation of Italy by Rupert Sargent Holland
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy