Salvator Rosa in French Literature: From the Bizarre to the Sublime

By James S. Patty

Salvator Rosa (1615--1673) was a colorful and controversial Italian painter, talented musician, a notable comic actor, a prolific correspondent, and a successful satirist and poet. His paintings, especially his rugged landscapes and their evocation of the sublime, appealed to Romantic writers, and his work was highly influential on several generations of European writers. James S. Patty analyzes Rosa's tremendous influence on French writers, chiefly those of the nineteenth century, such as Stendhal, Honor de Balzac, Victor Hugo, George Sand, and Th ophile Gautier. Arranged in chronological order, with numerous quotations from French fiction, poetry, drama, art criticism, art history, literary history, and reference works, Salvator Rosa in French Literature forms a narrative account of the reception of Rosa's life and work in the world of French letters.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813123305
• ISBN13: 9780813123301
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher