Nell’orecchio di chi le ascolta. Leopardi e Tommaseo di fronte al canto popolare femminile

This article compares the ways in which Tommaseo and Leopardi considered folk traditions, in particular the specific case of female weavers’ songs and poems. Though stemming from different premises and aimed at equally unrelated endeavours, the attention that they both paid to the daily rhythms of the community transformed into poetry, represents a strong junction point between two parallel literary experiences.