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Book Description
Nato nel 1798 a Recanati e morto nel 1837 a Napoli, Giacomo Leopardi visse un’esistenza segnata dalla solitudine, dalla malattia e dalle difficoltà economiche. Egli seppe tuttavia trasformare e trascendere la sua sofferenza da un lato nella grande lirica dei Canti, dall’altro nella meditazione filosContinue
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nybooks published on Thu, 27 Jan 2011
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The Solitary Life
In one of his notebooks from 1820, Giacomo Leopardi, the greatest Italian poet of the 19th century, wrote that “it is not enough to understand a true proposition; one must also feel the truth of it.” Writers of the Romantic age are supposed to make s ... (read full critics)
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- Libri Italiani
- Hardcover 252 Pages
- Edition: 1
- Publisher: Corriere della Sera
- Pub date: Jan 01, 2004
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The Magic of Leopardi
Giacomo Leopardi; drawing by Tullio Pericoli Giacomo Leopardi (1798–1837) suffered from many ailments during his unhappy life—asthma, scoliosis, ophthalmia, constipation, dropsy, and spleen, to mention a few—yet insomnia is the one most closely assoc ... (read full critics)