La Francia

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"La Francia" is a poem written by Ippolito Pindemonte in 1789, inspired by his stay in Paris. Pindemonte was an Italian prose writer, translator, and poet, known for his pre-Romantic lyrics and his translation of the Odyssey. The poem "La Francia" was written after Pindemonte was disillusioned by the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. This disillusionment led him to travel to London, Berlin, and Vienna before returning to Italy.1

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Ippolito Pindemonte
…Paris inspired the poem “La Francia” (1789) and a prose satire on political conditions in Europe, Abaritte (1790). Disillusioned by the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, Pindemonte left for London, Berlin, and Vienna. On his return to Italy his Prose campestri, a companion volume to the earlier poetry, was…
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…Paris inspired the poem “La Francia” (1789) and a prose satire on political conditions in Europe, Abaritte (1790). Disillusioned by the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, Pindemonte left for London, Berlin, and Vienna. On his return to Italy his Prose campestri, a companion volume to the earlier poetry, was…
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