BIOGRAPHIES

Howells, W. D. “Vincenzo Monti and Ugo Foscolo.” In Modern Italian Poets: Essays and Versions, pp. 102-25. Freeport, N.Y.: Books for Libraries Press, 1972.

Compares and contrasts the very different lives and demeanors of contemporaries Vincenzo Monti and Ugo Foscolo, both prominent writers in Lombary.

Vincent, E. R. Byron, Hobhouse and Foscolo. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1949, 135 p.

Uses letters and other documents to trace the indirect relationship between Foscolo and Lord Byron, who never met but who interacted through their mutual friend John Hobhouse.

CRITICISM

Brand, C. P. “Ugo Foscolo and ‘The Edinburgh Review’: Unpublished Letters to Francis Jeffrey.” In Modern Language Review 70, No. 2 (April 1975): 306-23.

A collection of reprinted letters written by Foscolo to Francis Jeffrey, the editor of The Edinburgh Review.

Cooksey, Thomas L. “Dante's England, 1818: The Contribution of Cary, Coleridge, and Foscolo to the British Reception of Dante.” In Papers on Language and Literature 20, No. 4 (Fall 1984): 355-81.

Discusses how Foscolo, Henry Francis Cary, and Coleridge's writings on Dante swayed contemporary opinion of Dante from a figure to be deplored for his gothic tastes to a romantic figure worthy of admiration.

Hallock, Ann H. “Ugo Foscolo and the Criticism of Michelangelo's ‘Rime.’” In South Atlantic Bulletin 42, No. 4 (November 1977): 21-30.

Discusses how Foscolo's analyses of Michelangelo's poetry renewed interest in the verse compositions of the artist.

Whitfield, J. H. “But Which Foscolo Do You Admire?” In Italian Studies 37 (1982): 67-71.

Originally read at a conference in 1981, this essay examines the question of whether there is anything more to be said about Foscolo and what his place in literary history might be.