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Ruins Past - Modernity in Italy, 1744-1836 (Paperback)
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Ruins Past - Modernity in Italy, 1744-1836 (Paperback)
Series: Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment, 2015:12
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In an era haunted by its past, modern Europe sought to break with
the old; the future and the new became the ideal. In Italy however,
where the remains of the past dominated the landscape, ruins were a
token both of decadence and of the inspiring legacy of tradition.
Sabrina Ferri proposes a counter-narrative to the European story of
progress by focusing on the often-marginalized and distinctive case
of Italy. For Italians, ruins uncovered the creative potential of
the past, transforming it into an inexhaustible source of
philosophical speculation and poetic invention whilst
simultaneously symbolizing decay, loss and melancholy. Focusing on
the representation of ruins by Italian writers, scientists, and
artists between the mid-eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries,
Sabrina Ferri explores the culture of the period and traces Italy's
complex relationship with its past. Combining the analysis of major
works, from Vico's New science to Leopardi's Canti, with that of
archival sources and little-studied materials such as scientific
travel journals, letters, and political essays, the author reveals
how: the ruin became a figure for Italy's uneasy transition into
modernity; the interplay between reflections on the processes of
history and speculations on the laws of nature shaped the country's
sense of the past and its vision of the future; the convergence of
narratives depicting historical and natural change influenced both
the creative arts and the emerging sciences of geology, biology,
and archaeology; the temporal crisis at the dawn of the nineteenth
century called into question traditional models for investigating
the past and understanding the present.
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