Two centuries of the Russian classics

2686-7494

IWL RAS

https://doi.org/10.22455/2686-7494-2025-7-4-170-183

Research Article

Articles

F. I. Tyutchev’s Poetry and Journalism in the Risorgimento Context

Kanel

Irina V.

red@rusklassika.ru

25 12 2025

7 4 170 183

Russian literature F. I. Tyutchev Italy poetry journalism Risorgimento philosophy Catholicism Christianity

2026

The present article is devoted to an analysis of the influence of the Risorgimento era on Feodor Tyutchev’s philosophical and literary views. The author analyses Tyutchev’s poetry and journalism to reveal his attitude to the religious, political, and cultural aspects of the Italian unification, focusing in particular on the poet’s criticism of Western Catholicism. This, in turn, reflects his reflections on the role of religion in European public life in the 19th century. The article explores Tyutchev’s eschatological pessimism, his perception of the Risorgimento as part of a global crisis, and the destruction of traditional foundations and spiritual equilibrium. The article draws parallels between Tyutchev’s poetic works, such as “Encyclica” and “Two Unities,” and his journalistic pieces, including “The Roman Question” and “The Papacy and Revolution,” to facilitate a more profound comprehension of his worldview.

Dergacheva, I. V. “Ital’ianskii vopros v ʽInostrannykh sobytiiakh’ ezhenedel’nika ʽGrazhdanin’: F. M. Dostoevskii o politike Vatikana” [“The Italian Question in the ʽForeign Events’ of the Weekly ʽGrazhdanin’ (ʽThe Citizen’): F. M. Dostoevsky on Vatican Policy”]. Neizvestnyi Dostoevskii, vol. 11, no. 3, 2024, pp. 133–152. https://doi.org/10.15393/j10.art.2024.7441 (In Russ.)

Dostoevskii i Italiia [Dostoevsky and Italy], A. D. Dostoevskii, I. V. Dergacheva, E. A. Litvin et al. St. Petersburg, Aleteiia Publ., 2021. 454 p. (In Russ.)

Kanel’, I. V. “Dante Alig’eri i epokha Risordzhimento: religioznyi aspekt istoricheskoi sviazi” [“Dante Alighieri and Risorgimento: Religious Aspect of Historical Connection”]. Iazyk i tekst, vol. 9, no. 4, 2022, pp. 44–51. https://doi.org/10.17759/langt.2022090405 (In Russ.)

Kanel’, I. V. “Ot Sankt-Peterburga do Neapolia: istoricheskii analiz rossiisko- neapolitanskoi diplomatii v period Risordzhimento” [“From St. Petersburg to Naples: A Historical Analysis of Russo-Neapolitan Diplomacy during the Risorgimento”]. Iazyk i tekst, vol. 11, no. 3, 2024, pp. 82–89. https://doi.org/10.17759/langt.2024110309 (In Russ.)

Lebedev, Iu. V. “Ideal narodnoi monarkhii v russkoi literature vtoroi poloviny XIX – nachala XX vv.” [“The Ideal of the Popular Monarchy in Russian Literature of the Second Half of the 19th – the Early 20th Centuries”]. Dva veka russkoi klassiki, vol. 2, no. 2, 2020, pp. 8–27. https://doi.org/10.22455/2686-7494-2020-2-2-08-27 (In Russ.)

Matakov, K. A. “Tiutchev o katolichestve v rabote ʽPapstvo i rimskii vopros’.” [“Tyutchev about Catholicism in the Work ʽPapal Authority and Roman Question’.”] Istoricheskie, filosofskie, politicheskie i iuridicheskie nauki, kul’turologiia i iskusstvovedenie. Voprosy teorii i praktiki, no. 12 (38), part 1, 2013, pp. 129–132. (In Russ.)

Mel’nik, V. I. “Dantovskii epos v russkoi literature: N. V. Gogol’, I. A. Goncharov, F. M. Dostoevskii” [“Dante’s Epic in Russian Literature: N V. Gogol, I. A. Goncharov, F. M. Dostoevsky”]. Dva veka russkoi klassiki, vol. 4, no. 1, 2022, pp. 68–117. https://doi.org/10.22455/2686-7494-2022-4-1-68-117 (In Russ.)

Pozhidaeva, N. V. Ital’ianskaia tema v poezii F. I. Tiutcheva i A. N. Maikova [Italian Topic in F. I. Tyutchev’s and A. N. Maykov’s Poetry: PhD Dissertation]. Cherepovets, 2005. 212 p. (In Russ.)

Tarasov, B. N. “Poniatiia ʽkhristianskoi imperii’ v istoriosofii F. I. Tiutcheva” [“The Con- cept of ʽChristian Empire’ in the Historiosophy of Fyodor Tyutchev”]. Dva veka russkoi klassiki, vol. 2, no. 4, 2020, pp. 94–103. https://doi.org/10.22455/2686-7494-2020-2-4-94-103 (In Russ.)

10.

Tarasov, B. N. “Rossiia i Zapad v istoriosofii F. I. Tiutcheva” [“Russia and West in F. I. Tyutchev’s Historiosophy”]. Literaturovedcheskii zhurnal, no. 19, 2005, pp. 41–52. (In Russ.)