Leopardi - Paperback

ISBN: 9780691016443

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Princeton University Press], These translations of the major poems of Giacomo Leopardi (1798--1837) render into modern English verse the work of a writer who is wi… More...

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Princeton University Press], These translations of the major poems of Giacomo Leopardi (1798--1837) render into modern English verse the work of a writer who is widely regarded as the greatest lyric poet in the Italian literary tradition. In spite of this reputation, and in spite of a number of nineteenth-and twentieth-century translations, Leopardi's poems have never "come over" into English in such a way as to guarantee their author a recognition comparable to that of other great European Romantic poets. By catching something of Leopardi's cadences and tonality in a version that still reads as idiomatic modern English (with an occasional Irish or American accent), Leopardi: Selected Poems should win for the Italian poet the wider appreciative audience he deserves. His themes are mutability, landscape, love his attitude, one of unflinching realism in the face of unavoidable human loss. But the manners of the poems are a unique amalgam of philosophical toughness and the lyrically bittersweet. In a way more pure and distilled than most others in the Western tradition, these poems are truly what Matthew Arnold asked all poetry to be, a "criticism of life." The translator's aim is to convey something of the profundity and something of the sheer poetic achievement of Leopardi's inestimable Canti. 104 pages - 8 x 5 in Versandfertig in 6-10 Tagen, DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, Offene Rechnung (Vorkasse vorbehalten)<

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ISBN: 9780691016443

These translations of the major poems of Giacomo Leopardi (1798--1837) render into modern English verse the work of a writer who is widely regarded as the greatest lyric poet in the Itali… More...

These translations of the major poems of Giacomo Leopardi (1798--1837) render into modern English verse the work of a writer who is widely regarded as the greatest lyric poet in the Italian literary tradition. In spite of this reputation, and in spite of a number of nineteenth-and twentieth-century translations, Leopardi''s poems have never "come over" into English in such a way as to guarantee their author a recognition comparable to that of other great European Romantic poets. By catching something of Leopardi''s cadences and tonality in a version that still reads as idiomatic modern English (with an occasional Irish or American accent), Leopardi: Selected Poems should win for the Italian poet the wider appreciative audience he deserves. His themes are mutability, landscape, love; his attitude, one of unflinching realism in the face of unavoidable human loss. But the manners of the poems are a unique amalgam of philosophical toughness and the lyrically bittersweet. In a way more pure and distilled than most others in the Western tradition, these poems are truly what Matthew Arnold asked all poetry to be, a "criticism of life." The translator''s aim is to convey something of the profundity and something of the sheer poetic achievement of Leopardi''s inestimable Canti. Books List_Books, [PU: Princeton University Press]<

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1997

ISBN: 9780691016443

Translator: Grennan, Eamon, Princeton University Press, Paperback, 118 Seiten, Publiziert: 1997-05-25T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Verkaufsrang: 1449361, 20th Century, By Period, Poetr… More...

Translator: Grennan, Eamon, Princeton University Press, Paperback, 118 Seiten, Publiziert: 1997-05-25T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Verkaufsrang: 1449361, 20th Century, By Period, Poetry, Drama & Criticism, Subjects, Books, Italian, World, Princeton University Press, 1997<

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ISBN: 9780691016443

Paperback, [PU: Princeton University Press], Features translations of poems of Giacomo Leopardi (1798 - 1837) that render into modern English verse - the work of a writer who is regarded … More...

Paperback, [PU: Princeton University Press], Features translations of poems of Giacomo Leopardi (1798 - 1837) that render into modern English verse - the work of a writer who is regarded as one of the greatest lyric poet in the Italian literary tradition., Poetry Anthologies (various Poets)<

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