The National Idea in Italian Literature

By: Gardner, Edmund G.

There is a noble poem by Carducci, "Per il monumento di Dante a Trento" (written in 1896), in which the soul of the Divine Poet soars up after death to the gate of Purgatory, impelled by conscience to seek the expiation of his pride before passing into the bliss of Paradise. A voice from on high tells him that the spiritual world of his vision has passed away, but God has consigned Italy to his charge; he is to watch over her destiny as a guardian spirit through the centuries, until the fullness of the times shall come: - "Ed or s' fermo, e par ch'aspetti, a Trento." The national idea came to Dante as part of that essential continuity between ancient Rome and modem Italy which is the key to Italian civilization...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B086PTDPTW
• ISBN13: 9798633035186
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 62 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"