Selected Poems of Giovanni Pascoli / Giovanni Pascoli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pascoli, Giovanni, Author.

Contributor:

Johnston, Marina Della Putta

Silverman, Taije

Series:

Lockert library of poetry in translation.

The Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation ; 135

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italian poetry--19th century.

Italian poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages).

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The most comprehensive collection in English of the founder of modern Italian poetryGiovanni Pascoli (1855-1912)-the founder of modern Italian poetry and one of Italy's most beloved poets-has been compared to Robert Frost for his evocation of natural speech, his bucolic settings, and the way he bridges poetic tradition and the beginnings of modernism. Featuring verse from throughout his career, and with the original Italian on facing pages, Selected Poems of Giovanni Pascoli is a comprehensive and authoritative collection of a fascinating and major literary figure.Reading this poet of nature, grief, and small-town life is like traveling through Italy's landscapes in his footsteps-from Romagna and Bologna to Rome, Sicily, and Tuscany-as the country transformed from an agrarian society into an industrial one. Mixing the elevated diction of Virgil with local slang and the sounds of the natural world, these poems capture sense-laden moments: a train's departure, a wren's winter foraging, and the lit windows of a town at dusk. Incorporating revolutionary language into classical scenes, Pascoli's poems describe ancient rural dramas-both large and small-that remain contemporary.Framed by an introduction, annotations, and a substantial chronology, Taije Silverman and Marina Della Putta Johnston's translations render the variety, precision, and beauty of Pascoli's poetry with a profoundly current vision.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Chronology

from Myricae

from Primi poemetti / First Little Poems

from Canti di Castelvecchio / Canti of Castelvecchio

from Odi e inni / Odes and Hymns

from Nuovi poemetti / New Little Poems

from Poesie varie / Various Poems

Acknowledgments

Notes

Selected Bibliography of Giovanni Pascoli's Poetry

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780691194226

069119422X

OCLC:

1117645697