In 1816 a violent literary quarrel engulfed Bourbon Restoration Italy. On one side the Romantics wanted an opening up of Italian culture towards Europe, and on

In 1816 a violent literary quarrel engulfed Bourbon Restoration Italy. On one side the Romantics wanted an opening up of Italian culture towards Europe, and on

Covers comparative literature; English literature; Italian literature in the 18th and 19th centuries.

A fashionable and well-informed interest in Italy was a feature of English intellectual life in the first half of the 19th century. Most cultured people could r

This book presents the content of Edward Bullough's 1934 inaugural lecture upon becoming Professor of Italian at Cambridge University.