Retorica e memoria della rivoluzione veneziana del 1848-1849

Abstract

The essay examines from a rhetorical point of view the narration of the events of the Repubblica di San Marco in the memories of several patriots involved in the revolutionary movements. In this regard, some specific features of the patriotic rhetoric relating to the case of Venice are highlighted, like the myth of the non-violent foundation of the Republic, the obscuring of responsibility of the government in the end of the revolutionary experience, on representation of the personal vicissitudes of Manin and Tommaseo as heroic and decisive facts for the community.