{"product_id":"rebuilding-postrevolutionary-italy-leopardi-and-vicos-new-science-9780729412087","title":"Rebuilding postRevolutionary Italy  Leopardi and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocusing on the legacy of Giambattista Vico in post-revolutionary Italian and European culture, this book investigates unexplored reading practices and the circulation of Vico-related themes in early nineteenth-century culture, both in Italy and Europe, delineating an overlooked strain of the European philosophical tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Piperno’s study is extremely wide-ranging; yet, along the many routes explored (from the Homeric question and the rise of modern philology, to political and religious appropriations), the objective is always clear: one must rethink the plethora of discourses shaping the reception of an author. […] As we reach the conclusion, Piperno brings together this variety of responses within a steady methodological framework, making a fundamental contribution to today’s scholarship.'\u003cbr\u003e Daniela Cerimonia, \u003ci\u003eModern Language Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote on conventions\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003ei. Vico’s legacy, Vico’s ‘heir’\u003cbr\u003eii. Diffraction\u003cbr\u003eiii. The structure of this work\u003cbr\u003e1. Forms of Italian modernity\u003cbr\u003ei. The power of the origins\u003cbr\u003eii. Belief\u003cbr\u003e2. Principium\u003cbr\u003ei. The pride, the origins and the destiny of the nation\u003cbr\u003eii. Epics, poetry, creation and nation-building\u003cbr\u003e3. Fictio\u003cbr\u003ei. Redefining fiction\u003cbr\u003eii. Translating and mediating the ancient world\u003cbr\u003eiii. Was Vico Classicist or Romantic?\u003cbr\u003eiv. Fiction and\/as belief\u003cbr\u003e4. Mythos\u003cbr\u003ei. Mytho-logein: Vico and Leopardi as mythologists\u003cbr\u003eii. Towards ‘Alla Primavera’: Leopardi’s itineraries in myth (1815-1818)\u003cbr\u003eiii. ‘Alla Primavera’: about (un)poetic logic\u003cbr\u003e5. Philology and epos\u003cbr\u003ei. Florence 1827-1828: refoundation, recovery, reconstruction\u003cbr\u003eii. \u003cem\u003eZibaldone\u003c\/em\u003e 4311-4417: Leopardi inside Homer’s system\u003cbr\u003e6. Recourse\u003cbr\u003ei. Rereading Vico in post-Revolutionary Naples: history, progress, perfectibility\u003cbr\u003eii. ‘Cantare la religione civile’: Vico’s ideas in poetry\u003cbr\u003eiii. Regress, disbelief and fable in Leopardi’s last works\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404146024791,"sku":"9780729412087","price":98.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780729412087.jpg?v=1730485555","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rebuilding-postrevolutionary-italy-leopardi-and-vicos-new-science-9780729412087","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}