“How far from the Madding Crowd? Gray, Algarotti, and the European Republic of Letters”
DONGU, MARIA GRAZIA
2005-01-01
Abstract
The epistolary exchange between Thomas Gray and Francesco Algarotti highlights the main concerns of European intellectuals in the eighteenth century. Both scholars were profoundly aware that market-oriented culture required new writers and would have marginalised elitist poets, who did not encounter the new audiences' expectations.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.