Dialogue Between Fashion and Death

Informationen zum Autor Giacomo Leopardi was born in the Papal States in 1798 and died of cholera in Naples in 1837. One of the greatest Italian poets, he was also a prose writer of genius, his strange, nihilistic work being drawn together in the Zibaldoni , from which this selection is taken. Klappentext Giacomo Leopardi was born in the Papal States in 1798 and died of cholera in Naples in 1837. One of the greatest Italian poets, he was also a prose writer of genius, his strange, nihilistic work being drawn together in the Zibaldoni , from which this selection is taken. Zusammenfassung Explores the power of fashion and its strange irrationality. The author - poet and philosopher - also imagines conversations between Hercules and Atlas, Nature and an Icelander, and the Earth and the Moon, as well as producing a simple essay praising the humble bird.

Product details

• Authors: Giacomo Leopardi
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.08.2010
• EAN: 9780141192550
• ISBN: 978-0-14-119255-0
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 181 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Great Ideas; Great Ideas; Penguin Press Great Ideas; Penguin Great Ideas; Penguin Press Great Ideas
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Social sciences, law, business; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, DESIGN / Fashion & Accessories