biography
pronunciation:
[jiaw(r)dahnee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1774–1848)
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| biography:
| Scholar, born in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, N Italy. He supported Napoleon and was harassed after the Restoration. He saw in classicism the only way to bring new life to literature, was a contributor to La Biblioteca Italiana, and an editor for L'Antologia. He supported the work of Giacomo Leopardi whom he greatly influenced. Of his work, collected in Opere (14 vols, 1854–63), notable is Istruzione a un giovane italiano per l'arte dello scrivere (1821). |
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