Article: Manzoni e Bossuet.(Book review)

Manzoni e Bossuet. By Luciano Parisi. (Saggi e testi di letteratura italiana, 7) Alessandria: Edizioni dell'Orso. 2003. 153 pp. 15 [euro]. ISBN 88-7694-673-x.

Luciano Parisi's philosophical study of Manzoni (1785-1873) and Bossuet (1627-1704) proposes to analyse the influence of the French philosopher on the literary output of the Italian author. Manzoni's first biographers, Cantu, Giorgini, and his stepson Stefano Stampa, confirmed Manzoni's enthusiasm for Bossuet, Massillon, Nicole, and Pascal. Parisi claims to illustrate the place of Bossuet in Manzonian studies with a greater degree of clarity than has been achieved in the past. Manzoni's Catholicism and its ...

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