Salvator Rosa (1615--1673) was a colorful and controversial Italian painter, talented musician, a notable comic actor, a prolific correspondent, and a successful satirist and poet. His paintings, especially his rugged landscapes and their evocation of the sublime, appealed to Romantic writers, and his work was highly influential on several generations of European writers. James S. Patty analyzes Rosa's tremendous influence on French writers, chiefly those of the nineteenth century, such as Stendhal, Honore de Balzac, Victor Hugo, George Sand, and Theophile Gautier. Arranged in chronological order, with numerous quotations from French fiction, poetry, drama, art criticism, art history, literary history, and reference works, Salvator Rosa in French Literature forms a narrative account of the reception of Rosa's life and work in the world of French letters.

About the Author
James S. Patty, professor emeritus of French at Vanderbilt University, is the author of Durer in French Letters. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

Reviews
Impeccable scholarship...this will be the definitive study of Rosa in France. - Allan Pasco



Book Information
ISBN 9780813123301
Author James S. Patty
Format Hardback
Page Count 280
Imprint The University Press of Kentucky
Publisher The University Press of Kentucky