Storia Europea Della Letteratura Italiana - Iii... May 2026

As the century closes, the "solid" reality of the 1800s dissolves into psychology and symbolism.

Gabriele D’Annunzio connects Italian literature to Nietzschean ideals and the European Decadent movement. Storia europea della letteratura italiana - III...

He creates the modern Italian novel ( I Promessi Sposi ), adopting the historical realism of Walter Scott but infusing it with Catholic morality and linguistic unity. As the century closes, the "solid" reality of

A fragmented Italy slowly becoming part of a restless, industrializing Europe. As the century closes

They mirror the Sturm und Drang movement in Germany and the political upheaval of the French Revolution.

The tension between Neoclassical beauty (perfection) and the "pre-romantic" obsession with death, tombs, and ruins ( I Sepolcri ). 2. The Great European Synthesis (1815–1840s)