by Giacomo Leopardi · Demetra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788844016203
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«L'infinito» is a poetry anthology by Giacomo Leopardi, published by Demetra in paperback (128 pages, in Italian).
A selection of Leopardi's Canti that focuses on his idylls and the idea of the infinite. The poems move between the longing for an unattainable happiness, the smallness of the human being before nature, and the memory of the ephemeral, with a voice that turns shared pain into compassion for humanity.
Part of the Acquarelli Poesia collection. Edited by G. Michelini, published in 2002.
Count Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi was an Italian poet, philosopher, essayist, and philologist. Considered the greatest Italian poet of the 19th century and one of the greatest authors of his time worldwide, as well as one of the principals of literary Romanticism, his constant reflection on existence and on the human condition—of sensuous and materialist inspiration—has also earned him a reputation as a deep philosopher. He is widely seen as one of the most radical and challenging thinkers of the 19th century, and one of the crowns of Italian Romanticism together with Alessandro Manzoni, even if he expressed different and sometimes opposing positions compared to the latter. Although he lived in a secluded town in the conservative Papal States, he came into contact with the main ideas of the Enlightenment, and, through his own literary evolution, created a remarkable and renowned poetic work, related to the Romantic era. The strongly lyrical quality of his poetry made him a central figure on the European and international literary and cultural landscape.
