TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - "Dramatic art civilizes and ennobles the nations": Observations on the theater of Francesco Benedetti (1785-1821)
JO  - Critica Letteraria
A1  - Castiglia, I.
SP  - 589
EP  - 613
VL  - 47
IS  - 184
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: it</p>
LA  - it
SN  - 0390-0142
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -