Francesco Prudenzano

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Francesco Prudenzano (born September 12, 1823 in Manduria , † January 19, 1909 in Naples ) was an Italian author, Romanist and Italianist .

life and work

Prudenzano, who fought the Austrians in Venice in 1848 , became deputy director of the University Library of Naples in 1860. He taught Italian literary history as a private lecturer at the University of Naples . In addition to scientific works, Prudenzano also published verse, narrative prose and plays.

Works

  • Instituzioni di arte poetica , Naples 1848 (further editions)
  • Primi elementi di studii filologici , Naples 1854
  • Estetica, o Della suprema ragione del bello e dell'arte. Pensieri , 2 vols., Naples 1856
  • Francesco d'Assisi e il suo secolo, considerato in relazione con la politica, cogli svolgimenti del pensiero e colla civiltà. Studii , Naples 1857 (further editions until 1904)
  • (Ed. And continuer) Francesco Salfi (1759–1832), Manuale della storia della letteratura italiana , Naples 1863 (first 1834)
  • Storia della letteratura italiana del secolo XIX. Pensieri e giudizi , Naples 1864 (further editions)

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