SOURCE: "The Italian Critics," in A History of Modern Criticism: 1750-1950; The Romantic Age, Yale University Press, 1955, pp. 259-78.
In the following essay, Wellek evaluates the theoretical component of the Italian Romantic movement, especially in the critical thought of Ugo Foscolo and Giacomo Leopardi.
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