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The Poems of Leopardi
$54.14
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
12 December 2010
Summary
So my mind sinks in this immensity—and foundering is sweet in such a sea.
Revisited and reorganized over his lifetime, this extraordinary work was described by Leopardi as a ‘reliquary’ for his ideas, feelings and deepest preoccupations. It encompasses drastic shifts in tone and material, and includes early personal elegies and idylls; radical public poems on history and politics; philosophical satires; his great, dark, despairing odes such as ‘To Silvia’; and later masterworks such a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141193878 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141193875 |
| Author: | Giacomo Leopardi, Jonathan Galassi |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 12 December 2010 |
| Weight: | 359g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 22mm |
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About The Author
Giacomo Leopardi
GIACOMO LEOPARDI (1798-1837), Italy’s first and greatest modern poet, was also a critic, philosopher, and philologist. His enormous Zibaldone, or philosophical and critical notebook, which many consider one of the great books of the 19th century.
JONATHAN GALASSI has also translated the poetry of Eugenio Montale and Primo Levi and has published several books of his own poems.
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