Citation

Castiglia I. Critica Letteraria 2019; 47(184): 589-613.

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(Copyright © 2019)

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Abstract

This article sheds light on the tragedian Francesco Benedetti, a patriot affiliated with the Carboneria from 1808 onwards and who committed suicide in 1821. Ill-disposed both towards Alfieri and Romanticism, Benedetti thought of thea-tre as a school of "public and private virtue" and centred his works on heroic characters whose sacrifice was supposed to engender in audiences and readers alike a new awareness of their duties towards the downtrodden fatherland. © 2019 Loffredo Editore SpA. All rights reserved.

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