European Academic Research ISSN 2286-4822
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Article Name :
Alessandro Manzoni’s Literary Penumbra between History and Horror. Undisclosed Gothic Sources in The Betrothed (1827, 1840)
Author Name :
Maria Teresa Marnieri
Publisher :
Bridge Center
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Abstract :
Alessandro Manzoni is one of the most representative literary figures in the nineteenth-century in Italy. His novel I Promessi Sposi, translated as The Betrothed, inaugurated the popular trend of the historical novel in Italy. It also acquired resonance overseas, especially in Anglo-Saxon countries, where it was successful with both Italian expats and foreign readers. Born in an affluent aristocratic family in Northern Italy, Manzoni was the grandson of Cesare Beccaria, the popular author of the enlightened text On Crimes and Punishments (1764). Manzoni was bilingual and he even spent some formation years in Paris, where his mother lived after her problematic divorce. Even though Manzoni admitted that Walter Scott, a novelist he deeply revered, had influenced I Promessi Sposi, the novel contains several influences that the author tended to keep hidden. This article intends to demonstrate how Manzoni
Keywords :
Historical Novel

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