The Constitutional view of Foscolo in Scritti sulle Isole Ionie

Among Ugo Foscolo’s numerous works, the political ones represent an object of investigation for which an interdisciplinary reading is necessary. This is particularly true for the Scritti sullo Stato politico delle isole Ionie, which anticipate by a few years Narrative of events illustrating the Fortunes ad cession of Parga, both of which have not been officially published, but which deliver to the contemporary reader the weight of the Venetian poet’s political reflections and activism with respect to the events that took place in his beloved home territories. The contribution is intended as a brief guide to the historical events that affected the western area of Greece through the annotations in the two texts, the first of which also testifies to a Foscolian constitutional theory with original elements drawn from ancient political thought