The fundamental characteristic of the literary epoch following that of the Renaissance is that it perfected itself in every kind of art, in particular uniting the essentially Italian character of its language with classicism of style.
Základnou charakteristikou literárnej epochy nasledujúcej po renesancii je to, že každý druh umenia sa zdokonalil, obzvlášť v zjedotení talianskeho charakteru jazyka s klasicizmom štýlu.