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Berchet, Giovanni

Born Dec. 23, 1783, in Milan; died Dec. 23, 1851, in Turin. Italian poet.

Berchet was one of the founders of Italian romanticism. In his “Half-serious Letter From Golden Mouth to His Son” (1816), Berchet asserted that poetry should be national, reflect nature, and not depend on the rules of aesthetics of French classicism. Berchet’s poems are pervaded by motifs of the national liberation struggle; hatred for the Austrians, scorn for traitors, and pain for his enslaved homeland resound in them (in the narrative poem Refugees From Parga, published in 1823, and Romances, 1822–24). In his narrative poem Fantastic Dreams (1829), the inaction of Berchet’s contemporaries is contrasted to the glorious struggle waged by their forefathers. These lyric-epic works sometimes had a sentimental tone. There is a more courageous sound in the ode “To Arms” (1831). Berchet also wrote critical articles and translations.

WORKS

Opere, vols. 1–2. Bari, 1911–12.

REFERENCE

Storia della letteratura italiana, vol. 7. In L’Ottocento. Milan, [1969].

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No references found	3) Giovanni Berchet, Ludovico di Breme and Ermes Visconti, for instance, responding in 1818 on the pages of the blue periodical to Mme de Stael's call for a work of literature that was "piu perfetto e utile alla pubblica educazione," had launched polemically an anti-academic argument based on the belief that culture could not just be a matter of aesthetics and that, as Visconti put it, "i poeti devono essere uomini, cittadini e filantropi, non meri dotti, ne retori. A room with a view: interpreting the Ottocento through the literary ... by Romani, Gabriella / Italica	Gioseffo Zarlino Giosue Carducci Giottino Giotto Giotto di Bondone Giotto's O Giovagnoli, Raffaello Giovanni Alfonso Borelli Giovanni Amendola Giovanni and Annabella Giovanni Batista Grassi Giovanni Battista Cima Giovanni Battista Donati Giovanni Battista Martini Giovanni Battista Morgagni Giovanni Battista Moroni Giovanni Battista Niccolini Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Giovanni Battista Piranesi Giovanni Battista Ramusio Giovanni Battista Riccioli Giovanni Battista Rubini Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Giovanni Battista Venturi Giovanni Battista Viotti Giovanni Berchet Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Bologna Giovanni Cena Giovanni Ceva Giovanni Cimabue Giovanni Da Bologna Giovanni da Fiesole Giovanni delle Bande Nere Giovanni di Paolo Giovanni di Pietro Giovanni Domenico Cassini Giovanni Domenico Ruffini Giovanni Fattori Giovanni Gabrieli Giovanni Gentile Giovanni Germanetto Giovanni Giacomo Casanova Giovanni Giolitti Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo Giovanni Gondola Giovanni Gronchi Giovanni Leone Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini Giovanni Luigi Fiesco	Giovanni Battista Grassi Giovanni Battista Guarini Giovanni Battista Lulli Giovanni Battista Marini Giovanni Battista Marini Giovanni Battista Marino Giovanni Battista Marino Giovanni Battista Martini Giovanni Battista Montini Giovanni Battista Montini Giovanni Battista Morgagni Giovanni Battista Moroni Giovanni Battista Niccolini Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Giovanni Battista Piranesi Giovanni Battista Piranesi Giovanni Battista Ramusio Giovanni Battista Riccioli Giovanni Battista Rubini Giovanni Battista Sammartini Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Giovanni Battista Tièpolo Giovanni Battista Tièpolo Giovanni Battista Venturi Giovanni Battista Viotti Giovanni Bellini Giovanni Bellini Giovanni Bellini Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Giovanni Berchet Giovanni Bocaccio Giovanni Bocaccio Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Bologna Giovanni Bologna Giovanni Borelli Giovanni Cabato Giovanni Caboto Giovanni Caboto Giovanni Casanova Giovanni Cassini Giovanni Cavalcanti Giovanni Cavalcanti Giovanni Cena Giovanni Ceva Giovanni Cimabue Giovanni Cimabue Giovanni Coralli Peracini Giovanni da Bologna Giovanni da Bologna Giovanni da Fiesole Giovanni da Pian del Carpine Giovanni da Verazzano Giovanni da Verranzo Giovanni da Verrazano Giovanni da Verrazano Day Giovanni da Verrazzano Giovanni dalle Bande Nere Giovanni de Luteri

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3) Giovanni Berchet, Ludovico di Breme and Ermes Visconti, for instance, responding in 1818 on the pages of the blue periodical to Mme de Stael's call for a work of literature that was "piu perfetto e utile alla pubblica educazione," had launched polemically an anti-academic argument based on the belief that culture could not just be a matter of aesthetics and that, as Visconti put it, "i poeti devono essere uomini, cittadini e filantropi, non meri dotti, ne retori.

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