FOSCOLO, Ugo, oo'gt fosico-16, orig inally NICCOLO, Italian author: b. Zante, one of the Ionian isles, 26 Jan. 1778; d. Turn ham Green, near London, 10 Oct. 1827. A man of passionate temperament, and withal an ardent patriot, Foscolo was bitterly disappointed when by the Treaty of Campo Formio Venice was given to Austria, and his disappointment found vent in the 'Lettere di Jacopo Ortis) (1802), a sort of political Werther. Becoming finally undeceived as to Napoleon's intentions with regard to his native land, he returned to Milan, where he published in 1807 his best poem,
His inaugural address, 'Dell' Origin e dell' Ufficio della Letteratura,' although full of the same love of classic beauty which marks the 'Sepolcri,> is turgid and affected in style. When in 1814 the Austrians entered Milan, Foscolo withdrew to Switzerland, and in 1816 he went to London. There some of his best writings were published, namely, 'Essays on 'Discorso sul testo del Decamerone ; 'Discorso sul testo di Dante.> His remains were finally deposited in the church of Santa Croce, Flor ence, in 1871. His works and letters were pub lished at Florence in 12 volumes by Le Monier (1850-62). (See LAST LETTERS OF JACOB ORM, THE). Consult Lives by Pecchio (1836) ; Car rer (1842) ; Artusi (1878) ; Antona Travers (1884) ; and De Winckels (1885-86); Hazlitt, 'The Venetian Republic> (1901).