Giovanni Prati

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Giovanni Prati was an Italian poet associated with the "Second Romanticism" movement. His poetry, characterized by sentimentality, emerged during a period of significant political change in Italy leading up to its unification, known as the Risorgimento. While his work was part of the patriotic fervor of the time, it also provoked reactions that led to new literary movements like scapigliatura and verismo. Prati's sentimental style contrasts with the more enduring works of other Italian writers from that era.1

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…also edited, with the poet Giovanni Prati, an outspoken journal, Il Caffè Pedrocchi. The Austrians imprisoned him twice (1852 and 1859) and finally sent him into exile.
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…also edited, with the poet Giovanni Prati, an outspoken journal, Il Caffè Pedrocchi. The Austrians imprisoned him twice (1852 and 1859) and finally sent him into exile.
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Italian literature
The Risorgimento and after
Giovanni Prati and Aleardo Aleardi, protagonists of the “Second Romanticism,” wrote poetry of a sentimentality that helped to provoke a variety of reactive movements, including scapigliatura and verismo.
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Giovanni Prati and Aleardo Aleardi, protagonists of the “Second Romanticism,” wrote poetry of a sentimentality that helped to provoke a variety of reactive movements, including scapigliatura and verismo.
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