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Giacomo Leopardi | |
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| 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-/ JAH-kə-moh LEE-ə-PAR-dee, - LAY-,[3][4] Italian: [ˈdʒaːkomo leoˈpardi]; 29 June 1798 – 14 June 1837) was an Italian philosopher, poet, essayist, and philologist. Considered the greatest Italian poet of the 19th century and one of the greatest authors of his time worldwide,[5][6] 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[7][8] but routinely compared by Italian critics to his older contemporary Alessandro Manzoni despite expressing "diametrically opposite positions."[9] 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.[10]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Giacomo Leopardi". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ "Poetry Off the Shelf - Chicago". Laboratorio Leopardi. Sapienza University of Rome. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ 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