In 1816 a violent literary quarrel engulfed Bourbon Restoration Italy. On one side the Romantics wanted an opening up of Italian culture towards Europe, and on the other the Classicists favoured an inward-looking Italy. Giacomo Leopardi wrote a Discourse of an Italian on Romantic Poetry aiming to contribute to the debate from a new perspective.

Fabio A. Camilletti

Introduction, Fabio A. Camilletti; Chapter 1 Romanticism, Classicism and Leopardi's Discourse, Fabio A. Camilletti; Chapter 2 Post-Revolutionary Romance, Fabio A. Camilletti; Chapter 102 Conclusion, Fabio A. Camilletti; Chapter 103 Discourse of an Italian on Romantic Poetry, Giacomo Leopardi, Gabrielle Sims, Fabio A. Camilletti;