Giacomo Leopardi's search for a common life through poetry [[electronic resource] ] : a different nobility, a different love / / Frank Rosengarten

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789980103321
• Autore: Rosengarten Frank <1927->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Madison, NJ, : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; Lanham, MD, : Co-published with Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2012
• ISBN: 1-280-67004-5; 9786613646972; 1-61147-506-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Collana: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies
• Disciplina: 851/.7
• Soggetti: Italian poetry - 19th century - History and criticism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Sources and Translations; Introduction; Part One: Nobility-A Family Legacy and a Lingering Ideal; 1 Family Connections; 2 Poetry and the Heroic; 3 A Different Nobility; Part Two: Leopardi in Love; 4 The Languages of Love and Misogyny; 5 A Loving Partnership and Consalvo; 6 A Different Love; Part Three: Leopardi as a Poet of the Risorgimento; 7 The Poetry and Rhetoric of Liberal Patriotism; 8 Monaldo and Giacomo Leopardi; 9 Unpleasant, Rancorous Leopardi; 10 Leopardi in a Twentieth-Century Political Context; Part Four: Leopardi as Poet-Philosopher; 11 Nihilism, Death, and the Human Condition12 Nietzsche, Lucretius, and Leopardi; 13 Leopardi between Supernaturalism and Materialism; 14 How Schopenhauer Illuminates Leopardi; Part Five: Humanism in Life and Letters; 15 Friendship and Classical Studies; 16 Women in Leopardi's Intellectual and Sentimental Life; 17 Humanism and Society; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The major themes and human concerns expressed in Leopardi's writings are related to his life experiences and to the historical period in which he lived. Of central interest are the book's discussions of nobility and love as these two themes evolve and change as Leopardi ; acquired a more general and universal conception of life. The fascinating admixture in his work of classical and modern perspectives on life and literature is highlighted throughout the book.

Conversations about History, Volume 3

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827329903321
• Autore: Burton Howard
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto : , : Open Agenda Publishing, , 2021; ©2021
• ISBN: 1-77170-186-2; 1-77170-158-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (212 pages)
• Collana: Ideas Roadshow Collections ; ; v.19
• Disciplina: 909
• Soggetti: Manners and customs; Nationalism; Patriotism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Textual Note -- Preface -- Sheathing the Bodkin -- Combating Suicide -- A conversation with Jennifer Michael Hecht -- Introduction -- I. Different Hats -- II. Facing the Unthinkable -- III. Historical Examinations -- IV. Suffering -- V. Meaning and Mattering -- Continuing the Conversation -- The Epicurean Republic -- A conversation with Matthew Stewart -- Introduction -- I. Setting the Stage -- II. Deism -- III. The Power of Ideas -- IV. The Pursuit of Happiness -- V. The Heart of the Matter -- Continuing the Conversation -- China: Up Close and Personal -- A conversation with Karl Gerth -- Introduction -- I. Filling in the World -- II. History and Demography -- III. Contemporary China -- IV. Environmental Issues -- V. Societal Values -- VI. Catastrophic Scenarios -- VII. Ever Onwards -- Continuing the Conversation -- Eating One's Own -- Examining Civil War -- A conversation with David Armitage -- Introduction -- I. Historical Origins -- II. The Semantic Archaeologist -- III. In Search of a ; Definition -- IV. Bellum Civile -- V. What Is To Be Done? -- VI. Historical Relevance -- VII. Oceans of Possibilities -- Continuing the Conversation -- For The Love of History -- A conversation with Margaret MacMillan -- Introduction -- I. The Historical Enterprise -- II. Historical Value -- III. Pride and Prejudice -- IV. Professional Insights -- V. Living Historically -- Continuing the Conversation.
• Sommario/riassunto: Conversations About History, Volume 3, is a five-part Ideas Roadshow Collection of carefully-edited Ideas Roadshow Conversations featuring leading historians with a detailed preface highlighting the connections between the different books. All five books include a detailed essay setting up the different ideas and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. The following experts have participated in this Collection: 1. David Armitage, the Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History at Harvard University;2. Karl Gerth, Hwei-Chih and Julia Hsiu Chair in Chinese Studies and Professor of History at UC San Diego;3. Jennifer Michael Hecht, poet, author and historian;4. Margaret MacMillan, Professor of History at the University of Toronto and emeritus Professor of International History and the former warden of St Antony's College at the University of Oxford;5. Matthew Stewart, award-winning author and independent scholar.Howard Burton is the creator and host of Ideas Roadshow and was the Founding Executive Director of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy.