The third volume of Storia europea della letteratura italiana , titled (Literary Modernity), covers the period from the late 18th century to the early 20th century. It explores how Italian literature integrated into the broader European cultural landscape during the transition from the Enlightenment to Romanticism and eventually to the avant-gardes. 1. The Crisis of the Old World (Late 1700s)
Gabriele D’Annunzio connects Italian literature to Nietzschean ideals and the European Decadent movement. Storia europea della letteratura italiana - III...
This is the era of and Giacomo Leopardi . Italian literature moves away from "provincial" styles to engage with the great European debates. The third volume of Storia europea della letteratura
The story begins with the collapse of the Ancien Régime . Italian writers like and Ugo Foscolo are no longer just "letterati" (men of letters) but "prophets" of a new nation. The Crisis of the Old World (Late 1700s)
The struggle to find a "national voice" while constantly looking toward Paris, London, and Berlin for the latest philosophical and stylistic innovations.