The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Selections and Masterpieces from Their Writings
The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Selections and Masterpieces from Their Writings ......
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...distinction as a painter of natural scenery, events directed his mind into other channels. His father having died in 1830, Azeglio changed his residence to Milan, where he married the daughter of the poet and novelist, Alessandro Manzoni, whose acquaintance he had formed, which step changed his course toward a literary ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...distinction as a painter of natural scenery, events directed his mind into other channels. His father having died in 1830, Azeglio changed his residence to Milan, where he married the daughter of the poet and novelist, Alessandro Manzoni, whose acquaintance he had formed, which step changed his course toward a literary career interspersed with politics. At this period Italy was shaken to her foundations by the conflicting opinions of the two political parties--National and Liberal. Italy was apportioned into a number of separate states, and nearly all, including those whose liberty had nominally been guaranteed them, were influenced by Austria. Lombardy and Venetia were por. tions of the Austrian possessions. The small kingdoms in the north were nothing more than the slaves of the house of Hapsburg; in the central portion the Pope objected to all movements tending toward national unity; while in the south the two Sicilies formed a despotic government unsurpassed for cruelty and ignorance by even Asia. The actions of the Italian Liberal party received renewed impetus from the uprising in France in 1830, and the younger of the male ele, ment, whose feelings were born of patriotic ardor, forced the fight against the misuse of public office and the intermeddling by outside powers with the affairs of the Italian Government and its preservation. The country was astir with military agitation when Mazzini commenced his course as a revolutionist; especially was this true of the place wherein Massimo d'Azeglio resided, in northern Italy. He deserted art for matters of a literary character which were used by him as a school in which he desired to imbue the public mind with the lofty idea of the union of the Italian states, which would in itself partly create and conse...
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