SOURCE: “Alessandro Manzoni,” in Modern Italian Poets: Essays and Versions, Books for Libraries Press, 1972, pp. 126-74.
In the following excerpt, originally published in 1887, Howells provides an introduction to European Romanticism, briefly surveys Manzoni's life, and evaluates his verse dramas and poetry—quoting extensively from selected works.
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