Ugo Foscolo And English Culture (italian Perspectives)

"The history of the literary relations between Italy and England has its most celebrated early modern representative in Ugo Foscolo (1778-1827). Foscolo's translation of Laurence Sterne's A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy is often regarded as the benchmark of his English experience, but there is more - around and beyond his relationship with Sterne - that can be uncovered. With over 3,000 letters spanning three decades, Foscolo's correspondence represents a unique perspective from which to monitor his literary, philosophical, and political views. The 'Epistolario' is also a space in which Foscolo engages with literary, philosophical, and moral questions, and a place where he exercises an often private form of literary criticism. These are letters which ultimately produce one of the most complete yet most composite self-portraits in the history of modern Italian autobiography. In the first comprehensive and historicized reading of Foscolo's correspondence, Sandra Parmegiani reveals the rich and complex relations between the Italian writer and the literature, philosophy, and culture of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England." The History Of Literary Relations Between Italy And England Has Its Most Celebrated Early Modern Representative In Ugo Foscolo. In This Historicized Reading Of Foscolo's Correspondence, Parmegiani Reveals The Rich And Complex Relations Between The Italian Writer And The Literature, Philosophy And Culture Of 18th- And 19th-century England. Brief Chronology Of The Life Of Ugo Foscolo -- Introduction -- Stern's Presence (and Absence) In The Epistolario: The Polyphonic Nature Of Foscolo's Letters; A Sentimental Journey And Foscolo's Epistolary Narrative; Asserting Didimo's Voice; Political Flux And The Quixotic Self; The English Exile: A Paradigmatic Shift -- Foscolo, Reader Of Locke -- Foscolo And Hume -- 'et Penitus Fato Divisos Orbe Britannos': British Culture In The Epistolario -- Conclusions. Sandra Parmegiani. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [139]-144) And Index. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title 6 Copyright 7 Contents 8 Dedication 9 Author's Note 10 Brief Chronology of the Life of Ugo Foscolo 11 Introduction 14 1 Sterne's Presence (and Absence) in the Epistolario 20 1.1. The Polyphonic Nature of Foscolo's Letters 20 1.2. A Sentimental Journey and Foscolo's Epistolary Narrative 27 1.3. Asserting Didimo's Voice 40 1.4. Political Flux and the Quixotic Self 49 1.5. The English Exile: A Paradigmatic Shift 56 2 Foscolo, Reader of Locke 74 3 Foscolo and Hume 98 4 'Et penitus fato divisos orbe Britannos': British Culture in the Epistolario 116 Conclusions 150 Bibliography 152 Index 158