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This anthology highlights seven centuries of Italian poetry that will help you learn the language as well. Included are 34 examples of Italian verse in the original with English translations on facing pages. Twenty-one poets are represented, from Saint Francis of Assisi, author of the first memorable Italian lyric, "Cancio delle creature," to Salvatore Quasimodo, winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize for Literature. Also included are works by Dante, Petrarch, Ariosto, Tasso, and Montale, as well as such lesser known but significant poets as Compiuta Donzella and Cavalcanti. There are even important works by Boccaccio and Michelangelo. In addition to full Italian texts with expert literal translations on facing pages, this edition contains a wealth of biographical and critical commentary.

Product Identifiers

PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-100486267156

ISBN-139780486267159

eBay Product ID (ePID)960466

Product Key Features

Number of Pages176 Pages

Publication NameIntroduction to Italian Poetry

LanguageEnglish

SubjectItalian, European / General, Poetry

Publication Year1991

TypeLanguage Course

AuthorLuciano Rebay

Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Literary Criticism, Poetry

SeriesDover Dual Language Italian Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight8.4 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN90-023243

Dewey Edition20

Target AudienceTrade

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal851.008

Lc Classification NumberPq4208.I68 1991

Table of ContentINTRODUCTION SAN FRANCESCO D'ASSISI Cantico delle creature LA COMPIUTA DONZELLA "A la stagion che il mondo foglia e fiora" GUIDO CAVALCANTI "In un boschetto trova' pasturella" CECCO ANGIOLIERI "S'i' fosse foco, arderei 'l mondo" DANTE ALIGHIERI "Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare" Francesca da Rimini (excerpt) FRANCESCO PETRARCA "Solo e pensoso i più deserti campi" "Or che 'l ciel e la terra e 'l vento tace" GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO "Io mi son giovinetta, e volentieri" FRANCO SACCHETTI "Passando con pensier per un boschetto" LORENZO DE' MEDICI Trionfo di Bacco e di Arianna ANGELO POLIZIANO "Ben venga maggio" LUDOVICO ARIOSTO La pazzia d'Orlando (excerpt) MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI "Veggio nel tuo bel viso, Signor mio" A Giovanni da Pistoia FRANCESCO BERNI "Chiome d'argento fine, irte ed attorte" TORQUATO TASSO "Eco mormorar l'onde" "Qual rugiada o qual pianto" "Tacciono i boschi e i fiumi" "Un'ape esser vorrei" GIAMBATTISTA MARINO Bella schiava UGO FOSCOLO Alla sera In morte del fratello Giovanni GIACOMO LEOPARDI L'infinito La quiete doo la tempesta GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO La pioggia nel pineto GIUSEPPE UNGARETTI Veglia Senza piü peso Tu ti spezzasti EUGENIO MONTALE "Meriggiare pallido e assorto" La casa dei doganieri L'anguilla SALVATORE QUASIMODO Antico inverno Uomo del mio tempo PICTURE SOURCES AND CREDITS