Titolo Thematic Criticism from a Different Point of View Periodico Strumenti critici Anno: 2020 - Volume: 152 - Fascicolo: 1 - Pagina iniziale: 23 - Pagina finale: 38
It took several decades for literary critics to fully realize the importance of the methodological innovations introduced by Mario Praz with La carne, la morte e il diavolo nella letteratura romantica (The Romantic Agony). This article proposes a reinterpretation from the contemporary point of view, then examining the subsequent development of thematic criticism, until a very recent re-proposal.