Diss.--Leipzig--Diss., 2000. / Bibliogr. p. 349-371.

Th. 3e cycle--Philos.--Paris 10, 1987.

Inaug. _ Diss.: Philosophische Fakultät: Köln: 1973. _ Bibliogr. p. 152-156. Index.

Quando, dopo le prime ricerche preparatorie, fu sottoposto all'approvazione dell'Universita il titolo di questa Tesi, era mia mira di presentare un'ampia e dettagliata biografia del Rolli, ed uno studio critico della sua opera di divulgazione e quindi delle sue attivita letterarie, non originali, in Inghilterra. Tale mira non pote essere attuata nella sua interezza. Le lunghe ricerche compiute oltre che nelle pubbliche biblioteche, anche in numerosi archivi privati, hanno dato risultati pur troppo quasi negativi, mentre l'esame della traduzione del De Rerum Natura, per mano di Alessandro Marchetti, curata dal Rolli in Inghilterra, prendeva proporzi zioni sempre piu vaste. Pressata dalla scarsezza del tempo a mia disposizione, e considerato il valore di quest'ulti ma parte del mio lavoro come cosa non mai tentata,eppure indispensabile a formulare un giudizio equo sui meriti e demeriti del Rolli quale curatore di una prima edizione di un'opera di tanto rilievo, mi fu forza decidere di svolgere questo secondo tema, limitando la biografia a semplici note su notizie mancanti o dubbie, non appurate da altri, circoscrivendo ai testi piu salienti l'esame delle pubblicazioni curate dal Rolli. Le ragioni poi che dettarono di escludere da questo Saggio qualsiasi accenno o studio della traduzione rolliana del Paradiso Perduto appariranno ovvie qualora si consideri che questa pur nobile e ardita fatica del Rolli, fu gia ripetutamente sottoposta a esame critico di vaglia, e che io ho riconosciuto di non poter esamenmi dal concorrere, anche se con alcune riserve, nel giudizio su di essa gia universalmen te accettato. Cosi e che questo lavoro ha assunto piuttosto forma di contri buto parziale al mio soggetto, che di studio esauriente di esso. Nel sottoporre questo Saggio al giudizio degli esaminatori, non posso esimermi dal riconoscere il debito di gratitudine che ho verso il Duca di Richmond, the Earl of Stair, the Hon. Sir Hew Dalrymple, il signor John Purves, the Earl of Pembroke, Lord Sackville, Elena, Lountess of Radnor, il Duca di Sutherland, il Senatore Croce, il prof, Burgarda direttore della Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli, il Dott. Ros si della Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, che tutti con tanta cortesia incoraggiarono le mie ricerche facilitandole, come pure verso la Signorina Dobelli che mi fu sempre cosi larga di consigli e di guida.

Sir James Pennethorne (1801-1871) was the architectural heir of John Nash, in whose office he received much of his early training. From 1839 until 1870 he worked almost exclusively for the government: devising and carrying out major street improvement schemes in central London; designing and laying out the first metropolitan parks intended primarily for the use of the poor; acting as architecural surveyor to the Crown Estate in London; advising successive governments on schemes for new public buildings in the capital; and designing some of the most important of those buildings himself. He was one of the leading architects and urban planners of the mid 19th century, and a study of his career fills a major gap in the history of London, and the archtectural history of19th-century England. A first chapter traces Pennethorne's early career, examining his training, his role in the Nash office, and his first independently commissioned buildings. An assessment of his contribution to the planning of London follows, concentrating first on street improvements, then on the Crown Estate, and finally on parks. Pennethorne's main activities in these areas were concentrated in the 1840s and early 1850s. In 1844 he began his involvement in the planning and design of government buildings, and from the 1850s until his retirement the interest of his career is mainly architectural. A chapter traces hisdealings with the Office of Works, through which department government buildings were conceived and carried out. The buildings themselves are then considered by type: government offices, museums, royal residences, and a miscellaneous group which includes the Public Record Office and the first purpose-built headquarters of the University of London. A final chapter provides an assessment of Pennethorne's achievements and of his place in the history of English architecture.

In this thesis I attempt to give a full account of Watson's life, since neither of his previous biographers have done so; Walter Swayze ends his examination thirty years before Watson's death and James Nelson deals mainly with his work. But I find his whole life significant, particularly in view of the new material I have discovered. Watson's teenage years in Liverpool, for instance, give an interesting picture of a group of provincial writers who later became famous. His previously unpublished letters to Professor Dowden, his next main influence, are full of useful information on the eighties, and the relative success of his early work reveals more about its prevalent attitudes, especially his political sonnets, which raise the question of nineteenth century political poetry in general. His critical elegy on Wordsworth in 1887 introduces the possibility that he innovated a new poetic form. But it is his entry into London literary circles and rise to fame there in the early nineties that gives the main interest to Watson's life. I suggest that this success shows the strength of the Tennysonian tradition in a supposedly "decadent" age. Drawing on another collection of unknown letters, I then trace his relationship with his publisher, John Lane, and many other well-known figures of the period, as well as his surprising failure to become poet laureate. The decline of his popularity and its brief revival at the turn of the century provides more interesting proof of contemporary poetic taste. So, too, does his rejection of the Georgians a decade later. His increasing obscurity in the twentieth century shows that the Tennysonian tradition was finally dying. I argue, in conclusion, that Watson was one of its last representatives and that his death in 1935 was the end of an age.

Campana's Life and Work form the two main sections of my thesis. In the first part, I reconstruct the chronology of Campana's life against the background of his times. There were, hitherto, considerable periods in the poet's life which were either unknown, or reconstructed through hearsay in the absence of original documentation. In the course of my research both in Italy (Marradi, Florence, Bologna, Rome), and Switzerland (Lugano), I was able to discover many unpublished documents, some of which fill in gaps, others which challenge the previously accepted chronology. Some of these documents I have published in two articles (The Modern Language Review, October 1983, and Italian Studies,1985) which I am attaching to this thesis; others I have transcribed in an Appendix. In the study of Campana's work, I examine successive publications of his poems and compare them with some original manuscripts, now in the hands of relatives or in archives and libraries in Italy. I discuss the phenomenon of Variants and other aspects of Campana's method of work which contributed to the many disparities found in successive publications. A comparative table of Il Piu Lungo Giorno and the Canti Orfici is a major part of this thesis. Il Piu Lungo Giorno, lost in 1913 and not found until 1971 has hitherto been surprisingly neglected, although it enables us to trace Campana's poetic development over a crucial phase of his career. I have limited my study of the Canti Orfici to two poems which help to distinguish the various phases of Campana's development and show the emergence of ideas which appear characteristic of his mature art. In conclusion I look at changing attitudes to Campana, from 1914 to the present day.

The concept of the highest good is important to Kant because it serves to connect his rationalist ethics to religion. However, this concept entails a paradoxical treatment of the concept of happiness which some commentators believe strains Kant's rationalism. After discussing and assessing previous approaches to this problem in Kant's ethics, I develop a different line of argument against it. I draw upon Nietzsche's theory of valuation to demonstrate how Kant's treatment of reward and punishment, and, hence, of happiness, diverges from his rational principles. Such a line seems to prove more decisive than previous efforts, as I furthermore argue. This Nietzschean approach also suggests a novel perspective on the relation between Kant and Nietzsche.

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Texte remanié de: Diss.--Heidelberg--Universität, 1996. / Comprend des textes chinois et leur traduction en anglais, des textes chinois en annexe. Bibliogr. p.569-595. Notes. Index.