Giacomo Leopardi, Nature, and the Barbarism of Modernity with Alice Gibson
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Themes and Evolution of Thought in Leopardi's Poems
Exploration of Giacomo Leopardi's poems, reflecting on themes such as nature, modernity, and civilization, and his evolving concept of nature from adversarial to potentially stoic. The chapter discusses Leopardi's connection to Stoicism, his critique of modernity, and how his views on exploitation and barbarism are still relevant today in the context of the current climate crisis.
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