Complete Poems

Zusatztext With all his gravity, he has the secret of lightness. Informationen zum Autor Guido Cavalcanti Klappentext Only edition in print 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. Contents: Complete Poems, Notes on the text, Notes, Guido Cavalcanti's Life, Cavalcanti, Dante and the Dolce Stil Novo, The Poetry, Cavalcanti in English, The Forms of Cavalcanti's Poetry, Select Bibliography, Appendix 1: Cino da Pistoia's Poem to Cavalcanti, Appendix 2: Documents Relating to the Life of Cavalcanti 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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Guido Cavalcanti
• Collaboration: Anthony Mortimer (Traduction)
• Edition: Alma Books
• Contenu: Livre
• Forme du produit: Livre de poche
• Date de parution: 14.03.2012
• Catégorie: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre
• EAN: 9781847492944
• ISBN: 978-1-84749-294-4
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Dimensions (emballage): 13 x 19,8 x 1,6 cm
• Thème: Alma Classics; Alma Classics
• Catégories: POETRY / European / Italian; POETRY / Medieval; Dolce stil novo; medieval poetry; Italian