On the Historical Novel

On the Historical Novel

ISBN-10:
0803282265
ISBN-13:
9780803282261
Pub. Date:
01/01/1996
Publisher:
Nebraska Paperback
ISBN-10:
0803282265
ISBN-13:
9780803282261
Pub. Date:
01/01/1996
Publisher:
Nebraska Paperback
On the Historical Novel

On the Historical Novel

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Overview

Alessandro Manzoni was a giant of nineteenth-century European literature whose I promessi sposi (The Betrothed, 1928) is ranked with War and Peace as marking the summit of the historical novel. Manzoni wrote "Del romanzo storico" ("On the Historical Novel") during the twenty years he spent revising I promessi sposi. This first English translation of On the Historical Novel reflects the insights of a great craftsman and the misgivings of a profound thinker. It brings up to the nineteenth century the long war between poetry and history, tracing the idea of the historical novel from its origins in classical antiquity. It declares the historical novel-and presumably I promessi sposi itself-dead as a genre. Or perhaps it justifies I promessi sposi as the climax of a genre and the end of a stage of human consciousness. Its importance lies both in its prospective and in its retrospective contributions to literary debate.

Sandra Bermann is a professor of comparative literature at Princeton University and the author of The Sonnet over Time: A Study in the Sonnets of Petrarch, Shakespeare, and Baudelaire. Her introduction illuminates Manzoni's career and his historical and contemporary significance. Manzoni's original notes are retained and expanded, and additional notes are supplied for present-day readers.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780803282261
Publisher: Nebraska Paperback
Publication date: 01/01/1996
Pages: 134
Product dimensions: 5.44(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.33(d)

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Sandra Bermann is a professor of comparative literature at Princeton University and the author of The Sonnet over Time: A Study in the Sonnets of Petrarch, Shakespeare, and Baudelaire. Her introduction illuminates Manzoni’s career and his historical and contemporary significance. Manzoni’s original notes are retained and expanded, and additional notes are supplied for present-day readers.
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