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Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873)

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Born in Milan, the grandson on his mother's side of Cesare Beccaria, world-famous reformer of criminal jurisprudence, Manzoni first established himself as Italy's leading romantic poet, then as its second tragedian, after Vittorio Alfieri, and finally as its greatest novelist. Although he was toon meer raised as a Voltairian rationalist, his major writings date from his "return" to Roman Catholicism. Manzoni's lyric poems, which place him on a par with Petrarch and Leopardi, include his "Inni Sacri" (Sacred Hymns) (1822), and an ode on the death of Napoleon, "Cinque Maggio" (1821), which Goethe translated into German. Manzoni's historical tragedies, "The Count of Carmagnola" (1820) and "Adelchi" (1822), were influenced by Goethe and Shakespeare. His singular masterpiece, initially inspired by the novels of Sir Walter Scott, is "The Betrothed" (1825--27). It is a historical novel to be ranked with the major works of Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Ariosto, and Machiavelli, and which "has probably had more influence in Italy," as Lacy Collison-Morley said, "than any other novel in any other land." Manzoni painstakingly researched his novel's historical background, and while his plot and characters are fictional, they nonetheless reflect the mores and events of the years of Spanish rule of Lombardy from 1628 to 1630. "The Betrothed" does for modern Italy what Chaucer's tales and Shakespeare's historical plays did for England. Manzoni continued the tradition of literary-linguistic experimentation that began with Dante, while simultaneously providing Italy with a national equivalent of what Homer's epics proved to be for ancient Greece---at once, a source of artistic delight and of spiritual education in the broadest sense. Revising his work for its definitive edition of 1840--1842, Manzoni left his native Milan for Dante's Florence, in order to master a form of Italian that would be deeply rooted in the living, local dialect that had produced the greatest Italian masterpieces of the past, while being at the same time fully suited to serve as the "language of newspapers and practical books, of the school and general conversation" for a united modern Italy. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van Alessandro Manzoni

De verloofden (1827) — Auteur — 3,116 exemplaren
The Column of Infamy (1840) — Auteur — 227 exemplaren
Adelchi (1822) 76 exemplaren
I Promessi sposi [1827 ed.] (1827) 40 exemplaren
Tragedie (1954) — Auteur — 31 exemplaren
Tutte le opere (1964) 28 exemplaren
Tutte le poesie (1951) 26 exemplaren
On the Historical Novel (1984) 20 exemplaren
Liriche e Tragedie (1967) 17 exemplaren
Fermo e Lucia (1988) 15 exemplaren
De verloofden, dl. 1 (1959) — Auteur — 14 exemplaren
Inni sacri: Tragedie (1988) — Auteur — 13 exemplaren
Alessandro Manzoni: Two Plays (2003) 13 exemplaren
Il Conte Di Carmagnola (1989) 12 exemplaren
De verloofden, dl. 2 (1974) — Auteur — 11 exemplaren
Scritti filosofici (1976) 8 exemplaren
Liriche 8 exemplaren
Poesie 7 exemplaren
Lettere (1985) 7 exemplaren
Dell'Invenzione : Dialogo (1986) 6 exemplaren
HI Ipromessi sposi (2003) 5 exemplaren
Opere: scritti linguistici (1990) 4 exemplaren
Incontro con I promessi sposi (2002) 4 exemplaren
Quell'innominato (1987) 3 exemplaren
Poesie (2000) — Auteur — 3 exemplaren
Poesias líricas (1923) 3 exemplaren
Poesie e tragedie (2013) 3 exemplaren
I promessi sposi a fumetti (2018) 3 exemplaren
Lettere sui Promessi sposi (1985) 3 exemplaren
Gli sposi promessi 2 exemplaren
Poesie prima della conversione (1992) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
2: Opere varie 2 exemplaren
Nisanlilar (2016) 2 exemplaren
Tutte le opere. 4: Saggi storici e politici — Redacteur — 2 exemplaren
Opere minori 2 exemplaren
Sentir Messa 2 exemplaren
La storia e l'invenzione (1997) 2 exemplaren
Adelchi. Lettere 1 exemplaar
Os noivos 1 exemplaar
Snúbenci 1 exemplaar
L'Adelchi 1 exemplaar
Narzeczeni 1 exemplaar
La pentecoste (1962) 1 exemplaar
Inni sacri e odi 1 exemplaar
Pensamientos 1 exemplaar
Los prometidos 1 exemplaar
Carteggio (2006) 1 exemplaar
I promessi sposi 1 exemplaar
Le poesie 1 exemplaar
Zaročenca 1 exemplaar
Tutte le lettere 1 exemplaar
Tragedie e poesie 1 exemplaar
Opere in prosa (2009) 1 exemplaar
Los novios. Tomo I 1 exemplaar
Manzoni Alessandro 1 exemplaar
Poesie e tragedie -vol. 1 (2002) 1 exemplaar
Liriche e adelchi 1 exemplaar
Poesie liriche 1 exemplaar
Manzoni inedito 1 exemplaar
Danvez-priedoù (1986) 1 exemplaar
Renzo og Lucia 1 exemplaar
La peste a milano 1 exemplaar
OPERE SCELTE. (1985) 1 exemplaar
Los Novios II 1 exemplaar
PROMESSI SPOSI 2010 (2010) 1 exemplaar
Alessandro Manzoni. (1993) 1 exemplaar

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Officiële naam
Manzoni, Alessandro Francesco Tommaso
Geboortedatum
1785-03-07
Overlijdensdatum
1873-05-22
Graflocatie
Cimitero Monumentale, Milan, Italy
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
Italy
Geboorteplaats
Milan, Duchy of Milan
Plaats van overlijden
Milan, Italy
Woonplaatsen
Paris, France
Beroepen
poet
novelist
Relaties
Beccaria, Cesare (grandfather)

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Francis Book Club: The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni in Catholic Tradition (september 2013)

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Breed uitgesponnen verhaallijn, soms lange tijd onderbroken voor parenthese over een of andere figuur of historische beschrijving; dan weer daverende actie. Opmerkelijke psychologische diepgang. Treffend anticlericale opstelling: Don Abbondio wordt echt in zijn blootje gezet, maar daar staan dan weer de kardinaal en Don Cristoforo tegenover. Ook de voorzienigheid speelt nog een zekere rol: het godsdienstige wordt zeker niet belachelijk gemaakt. Voor het overig "verlichte" ideeën: aanklacht sociale uitbuiting (heer tegenover boer), alom verspreide criminaliteit, en domme kracht van het gepeupel.… (meer)
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Werken
208
Ook door
3
Leden
4,065
Populariteit
#6,193
Waardering
4.0
Besprekingen
61
ISBNs
482
Talen
18
Favoriet
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