Essays

by Giuseppe Mazzini

Overview

This collection, "Essays: Selected From The Writings, Literary, Political, And Religious," presents a comprehensive overview of the thought and work of Giuseppe Mazzini, a key figure in the 19th-century Italian Risorgimento. Mazzini's writings delve into the intricate relationship between literature, politics, and religion, showcasing his vision for a unified and democratic Italy.

The essays cover a range of topics, reflecting Mazzini's deep engagement with the social and political issues of his time. Readers will find insightful commentary on nationalism, individual liberty, and the moral foundations of society. Mazzini's passionate advocacy for a united Italy resonates throughout these pages, offering a glimpse into the intellectual ferment of a transformative era in European history. This volume serves as an essential resource for understanding Mazzini's enduring influence on Italian politics and thought, and it provides valuable insights into the broader themes of nationalism, democracy, and social justice.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781024424874
Publisher:	Hutson Street Press
Publication date:	05/22/2025
Pages:	374
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.77(d)

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BYRON AND GOETHE. [A very incorrect translation of this criticism appeared in the Monthly Chronicle in 1839.] I Stood one day in a Swiss village at the foot of the Jura, and watched the coming of a storm. Heavy black clouds, their edges purpled by the setting sun, were rapidly covering the loveliest sky in Europe, save that of Italy. Thunder growled in the distance, and gusts of biting wind were driving huge drops of rain over the thirsty plain. Looking upwards, I beheld a large Alpine falcon, now rising, now sinking, as he floated bravely in the very midst of the storm, and I could almost fancy that he strove to battle with it. At every fresh peal of thunder, the noble bird bounded higher aloft, as if in answering defiance. I followed him with my eyes for a long time, until he disappeared in the east. On the ground, about fifty paces beneath me, stood a stork; perfectly tranquil and impassible in the midst of the warring elements. Twice or thrice she turned her head towards the quarter from whence the wind came, with an indescribable air of half indifferent curiosity; but at length she drew up one of her long sinewy legs, hid her head beneath her wing, and calmly composed herself to sleep. I thought of Byron and Goethe ; of the stormy sky that overhung both; of the tempest-tossed existence, the lifelong struggle, of the one, and the calm of the other; and of the two mighty sources of poetry exhausted and closed by them. Byron and Goethethe two names that predominate, and, come what may, ever will predominate, over our every recollection of the fifty years that have passed away. They rule ;the master-minds, I might almost say the tyrants, of a whole period of poetry; brilliant, yetsad; glorious in youth and daring, yet cankered by the worm i' the bud, despair. They ...