TY - JOUR AU - Davide Artico PY - 1970/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Approcci controversi all’unificazione politica italiana prima e dopo il 1861 Un confronto esemplare fra Ippolito Nievo e Federico De Roberto JF - Romanica Silesiana JA - RS VL - 7 IS - 1 SE - Études DO - UR - https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/RS/article/view/5823 AB - The purpose of the article is to compare the best known historical novel by Ippolito Nievo, published in Britain as The Castle of Fratta, to Federico De Roberto’s I Viceré. Nievo drowned to death in 1861, the same year De Roberto was born. The year, which also officially marked the establishment of the Kingdom of Italy, represents a turning point in the history of Italian literature. As the comparison of the two novels shows, the idealistic and optimistic attitude preceding 1861 was to disappear a few years later, as it became apparent that the upper classes lacked the competence and morality needed to lead the new Kingdom.Key words: Ippolito Nievo, Federico De Roberto, historical novel, Risorgimento. ER -