Study in Solitude - The Life of Leopardi - Poet, Romantic and Radical

An extremely moving account of the lonely life of the unloved and tragic genius - described as the greatest modern Italian poet.

About the author

Iris Origo (1902-1988) was a British-born biographer and writer. She lived in Italy and devoted much of her life to the improvement of the Tuscan estate at La Foce, which she purchased with her husband in the 1920s. During WWII, she sheltered refugee children and assisted many escaped Allied prisoners of war and partisans in defiance of Italy's fascist regime and Nazi occupation forces. Pushkin Press also publishes her war diaries, War in Val D'Orcia, her memoir, Images and Shadows, as well as another of her biographies, The Last Attachment: The Story of Byron and Teresa Guiccioli.

Summary

An extremely moving account of the lonely life of the unloved and tragic genius - described as the greatest modern Italian poet.

Foreword

The second hard-hitting Harry Kvist thriller - fresh out of prison, Harry is determined to avenge a friends murder, and expose a police cover-up protecting people in high places...

Product details

• Authors: Iris Origo
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781782272687
• ISBN: 978-1-78227-268-7
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian, Italy, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Biography: writers, Literary studies: poetry and poets