Papers by Noor Giovanni Mazhar
It is intended that this work should contribute to the study of the original Italian poetry of Gi... more It is intended that this work should contribute to the study of the original Italian poetry of Giacomo Zanella, through an overall view of it, in its historical context, with due regard to the findings of previous criticism. After a resume of Zanella's life (Chapter 1) and a thorough examination of his Poetica (Chapter 2), his theoretical concept of poetry, there are four detailed, critical surveys of his verses in Chapters 3-6, followed by the final chapter in which a synthetic diachronic evaluation of all the material considered in the foregoing chapters is undertaken. Zanella's theoretical espousal of the fundamental spirit of Chenier's 'formula' resulted in his virtually constant adherence to a Classical, stylistic framework within which he dealt with essentially "Romantic" themes. While his Classicism was Influenced by Parini and, among others, to a lesser extent, Foscolo, it anticipated, at the time of the post-Romantic crisis of form, Carducci...
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Papers by Noor Giovanni Mazhar