Complete Poems

Zusatztext With all his gravity, he has the secret of lightness. Informationen zum Autor Guido Cavalcanti Klappentext Dante's best friend and a major exponent of the dolce stil novo, Guido Cavalcanti has had a lasting influence upon Italian poetry and is best known to English readers through the essays, translations and adaptations of Ezra Pound. Born from the cultural ferment of thirteenth- century Florence, Cavalcanti's poetry is an extraordinary blend of unorthodox philosophy, sharp psychological insight and dazzling formal mastery. Anthony Mortimer, acclaimed for his versions of Petrarch and Michelangelo, provides a new verse translation complete with notes, critical comment and biographical material: following in the footsteps of Rossetti and Pound, he presents a Cavalcanti who speaks for his own time and to ours. Zusammenfassung Anthony Mortimer, acclaimed for his versions of Petrarch and Michelangelo, provides a new verse translation complete with notes, critical comment and biographical material: following in the footsteps of Rossetti and Pound he presents a Cavalcanti who speaks for his own time and to ours.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Guido Cavalcanti
• Mitarbeit: Anthony Mortimer (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Alma Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 14.03.2012
• EAN: 9781847492944
• ISBN: 978-1-84749-294-4
• Seiten: 224
• Serien: Alma Classics; Alma Classics
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; POETRY / European / Italian, POETRY / Medieval, Dolce stil novo; medieval poetry; Italian