The occasions / Eugenio Montale ; translated, with preface and commentary, by William Arrowsmith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montale, Eugenio, 1896-1981.

Contributor:

Arrowsmith, William, 1924-1992.

Standardized Title:

Occasioni. English

Language:

English

Italian

Physical Description:

xxii, 169 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Norton, [1987]

Summary:

Eugenio Montale's second book of poetry was first published in 1939. This book is his most experimental work, but a work no less tradition-saturated than Eliot's. As poet, private individual, and ""good European"," Montale's way of dealing with his difficulties was to seize the occasions offered him by writing poetry in which the lover's passions for his beloved country would convey the truth of both his public and his private situations.

Notes:

Translation of: Le occasioni.

ISBN:

0393303241

OCLC:

13795570