The Prince and Letters by Vittorio Alifieri

by Vittorio Alfieri

Alfieri's second treatise, The Prince and Letters, is as timely today as when first published in 1788. Vehemently rejecting Voltaire's contention that the greatest periods of literature and art are all associated with the name of some reigning patron, such as Augustus or Louis XIV, he maintains that only in perfect freedom can supreme poetry be born. His fundamental principles still apply, for the relation between the writer and the state has become...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802052738
• ISBN13: 9780802052735
• Release Date: November 1972
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.