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Ugo Foscolo

Ugo Foscolo

ItalianFebruary 6, 1778 – September 10, 1827Poetry

Italian Romantic poet and patriot whose Dei Sepolcri is a meditation on death, memory, and civilization. He died in exile in London.

Works

  • Dei SepolcriNeoclassical elegy on tombs, mortality, and human glory→
  • Le Ultime Lettere di Jacopo OrtisEpistolary novel of love, exile, and revolutionary disillusionment→
  • OdiClassical odes celebrating civic virtue and artistic beauty→
  • SonnetsSonnets of love, patriotism, and literary ambition→

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Giacomo Leopardi
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