Aleardo Aleardi
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Aleardo Aleardi
(1812–78). One of the most popular poets of the 19th c., along with his friend Giovanni Prati , whom he met at the University of Padua , where he graduated in law. From an aristocratic Veronese family, he took an active part in the political events of the Risorgimento , particularly in the revolution of 1848 , when he was sent by the Republic of Venice to Paris in order to obtain the support of the French troops against the Austrians . His first poetic attempts follow in the footsteps of Manzoni , especially the historical narrative poem Arnalda di Roca (1844), but his extraordinarily successful career and popularity are due to his combination of idyllic and sentimental tones with historical and patriotic themes, as in Il monte Circello (1856), Le antiche città italiane marinare e commercianti (1856), and Raffaello e la fornarina (1858). He was imprisoned by the Austrians in the 1850s. After his release his poetry became even more nationalistic with I sette soldati (1861) and Il canto politico (1862). In later life he settled in Florence , where he produced two editions of his collected poems and taught history of art at the Accademia di Belle Arti.
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Aleardo Aleardi (November 14, 1812 – July 17, 1878), born Gaetano Maria, was an Italian poet who belonged to the so-called Neo-romanticists.
Aleardo was born in Verona in 1812, and took an active part in the movement of the Risorgimento. In 1848 he went to Paris, invited by Manin, to garner support for the Venetian Republic. He was arrested twice: at Mantova in 1852 and at Josephstadt in Bohemia in 1859. He then worked as deputy, senator, and finally as professor of aesthetics at Florence, where he died in 1878.
Poetry
His poetic work is not extensive, and mostly revolves around the themes of history and the fatherland. He was in fact called the poet of history because of his tendency to research and relive the past, also the distant past of prehistory and the mythical infancy of the earth (Il monte Circello (Circello mountain), 1856 and Le prime storie (The first stories), 1857). However, one often finds that this nostalgia is, more often than not, a pretext to display his eloquence.
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