Ugo Foscolo's Europe: a journey from the sublime to romantic humor. (Considerations on Italian Literature)

From: Symposium | Date: June 22, 1993| Author: | Copyright information

Ugo Foscolo's vision of Europe was affected by his aesthetic views and can be seen in his artistic expressions of the sublime and the comic. His vision of the sublime owes much to Longinus' treatise 'On the Sublime,' which Foscolo admired greatly. Possible influences on Foscolo's use of humor include Laurence Stern's 'Sentimental Journey' and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 'Die Leiden des jungen Werthers.' Foscolo was able to combine the sublime and the comic in his last travel narrative 'Lettere scritte dall'Inghilterra.' His distaste for Italian literary life, homage to the classics and views ...

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