Temporalities and fractures in post-Napoleonic Italy : Leopardi and Vico's legacy

This dissertation discusses whether Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) can be considered a philosophical heir of Giambattista Vico (1668-1744), as some scholars retain, despite the fact that there is no evidence that Leopardi read Vico’s New Science or other works until late (1828); too late to demonstrat...

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Main Author: Piperno, Martina
Published: University of Warwick 2016
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.687170