Language and Nation on the stage: the theatre by Alfieri, Voltaire and Felice Romani and the modernization of the Romanian XIXth century society Cover Image

Lingua e nazione sulla scena: il teatro di Alfieri, Voltaire e Felice Romani e il processo di modernizzazione della società romena nel XIX secolo
Language and Nation on the stage: the theatre by Alfieri, Voltaire and Felice Romani and the modernization of the Romanian XIXth century society

Author(s): Federico Donatiello
Subject(s): History
Published by: Academia Română – Centrul de Studii Transilvane
Keywords: Alfieri; Voltaire; Italian melodrama; Romanian translations; Romanian theatre.

Summary/Abstract: This study intends to investigate how the translations of the tragedies by Alfieri and by Voltaire and of the libretto Norma by Felice Romani had a strong relation with the political ideas against despotism of 1848 Romanian writers like Heliade Rãdulescu and Constantin Aristia.

  • Issue Year: XXVI/2017
  • Issue No: Suppl 2
  • Page Range: 27-44
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Italian