by Giacomo Leopardi · Feltrinelli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788807901256
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Operette morali is a collection of satirical dialogues and essays by the Italian writer Giacomo Leopardi, first published in 1827. The work addresses themes such as the human condition, happiness, progress, and nature, through a witty and pessimistic style. Leopardi uses historical and mythological characters to criticize the illusions and contradictions of society, offering a lucid and disenchanted vision of the world.
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.
