FERMO E LUCIA-I PROMESSI SPOSI-LA COLONNA INFAME V.1-2 | 1972 | A. MANZONI

This two-volume critical edition, curated by Lanfranco Caretti, brings together Fermo e Lucia, the first draft of Manzoni’s novel, the two complete versions of I Promessi Sposi (1825–27 and 1840), and the historical essay Storia della Colonna Infame. The work offers a comprehensive comparative framework, allowing readers to trace Manzoni’s linguistic, stylistic, and ideological revisions across decades. It combines literary history, philology, and historical narrative, providing insight into the evolution of Italian prose and its cultural role in the 19th century. With notes, analytical indexes, and commentary, the edition is a key reference for scholars of Italian literature, Romanticism, and the relationship between fiction and history.