Resumen de La discussione sui principi del romanticismo in Sicilia
Recent studies reconsider some determined aspects of the Romantic movement in Sicily. In that light this essay intends to revisit all the intellectuals involved in the so-called dispute between the Classicists and the Romantics, also taking into consideration their connections with contemporary Italian and European writers. The Sicilian debate on Romanticism developed between 1821 and 1845 through reviews, treatises, theatrical texts, and the prefaces to the Italian translations of Scott’s novels. The main centers of the Romantic movement in Sicily will also be taken into consideration together with the recurrence of the main Romantic themes, genres, and the common refusal of pseudo-Aristotelian rules in drama.
