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Giacomo Leopardi | |
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_-_ritr._A_Ferrazzi,_Recanati,_casa_Leopardi.jpg) Portrait by S. Ferrazzi, c. 1820 | |
| Born | Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi 29 June 1798 |
| Died | 14 June 1837 (aged 38) |
| Notable work | Canti Operette morali Zibaldone |
| Era | 19th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Classicism, later Enlightenment, Romanticism |
Main interests | Poetry, essay, dialogue |
Notable ideas | Philosophical pessimism |
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Count Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi (US: /ˈdʒɑːkəmoʊ ˌliːəˈpɑːrdi, - ˌleɪə-/;[3][4] Italian: [ˈdʒaːkomo leoˈpardi]; 29 June 1798 – 14 June 1837) was an Italian philosopher, poet, essayist, and philologist. He is considered the greatest Italian poet of the nineteenth century and one of the most important figures in world literature[citation needed], as well as one of the principals of literary romanticism; his constant reflection on existence and on the human condition—of sensuous and materialist inspiration—has also earned him a reputation as a deep philosopher. He is widely seen as one of the most radical and challenging thinkers of the 19th century[5][6] but routinely compared by Italian critics to his older contemporary Alessandro Manzoni despite expressing "diametrically opposite positions."[7] Although he lived in a secluded town in the conservative Papal States, he came into contact with the main ideas of the Enlightenment, and, through his own literary evolution, created a remarkable and renowned poetic work, related to the Romantic era. The strongly lyrical quality of his poetry made him a central figure on the European and international literary and cultural landscape.[8]
- ^ Irene Baccarini, Leopardi e Camus: il tempo ultimo dell'amicizia (in Italian)
- ^ Francesco Tigani, "Cristoforo Colombo come Don Chisciotte: Leopardi e Unamuno a confronto", in «Información Filosófica», V, 2008, pp. 173-182.
- ^ "Leopardi". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ "Leopardi". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ The Least Known Masterpiece of European Literature, New Republic
- ^ The Zibaldone project, University of Birmingham
- ^ Sergio Pacifici (1966). Poems and prose. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 9. ISBN 0-253-20094-6.
- ^ The Infinite Archived 29 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine, TCM