After the Unification of Italy (Risorgimento), the focus shifts to the harsh reality of the new state.
Gabriele D’Annunzio connects Italian literature to Nietzschean ideals and the European Decadent movement. Storia europea della letteratura italiana - III...
As the century closes, the "solid" reality of the 1800s dissolves into psychology and symbolism. After the Unification of Italy (Risorgimento), the focus
Unlike the French "progress," Verga’s world is one of "vinti" (the defeated), where change is impossible. 4. Decadence and the End of Certainties (Early 1900s) After the Unification of Italy (Risorgimento)
The struggle to find a "national voice" while constantly looking toward Paris, London, and Berlin for the latest philosophical and stylistic innovations.