Notes

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Italy’s Ambivalent Modernity 1
5. Part I: Genus Italicum
6. 1. Did Italian Romanticism Exist? 25
7. 2. Italy without Italians: Goethe, Staël, and Foscolo 53
8. 3. The Death of Italy and Birth of European Romanticism 77
9. Part II: Heirs of a Dark Wood
10. Prologue 97
11. 4. Dante and Autobiography in the Age of Voltaire 104
12. 5. Alfieri’s Prince, Dante, and the Romantic Self 124
13. 6. Wordsworth, Dante, and British Romantic Identity 141
14. Part III: Corpus Italicum
15. 7. Italy as Woman and Wound, Dante to Leopardi 163
16. 8. The Body of Parini 195
17. Epilogue: Italy’s Broken Heart 213
18. Notes 221
19. Index 285