Grecian Vistas: Giacomo Leopardi and Romantic Hellas

abstract acceptance aesthetic allegory already ancient antichi appears beauty become believe bello called century character Christian classical concept considered cose Critical dark death dream early element essence evil existence expressed eyes face fact fate gods Greek harmony historical Homer human idea ideal imagination imitation instance Introduction issue Italian Italy later Leopardi letter light live meaning memory mind moon mortal myth mythology namely nature necessary Nietzsche night notion object observation particular passage past perhaps philosophy Platonic poem Poesie e Prose poet poetic poetry present pure reason reference religion remarked representation Romantic Saffo Sappho Schopenhauer seems sense simply soul spirit sublime things thinking thought translation universal vision vita Werke whole wrote Zibaldone