| Complete Poems Contributor(s): Cavalcanti, Guido (Author), Mortimer, Anthony (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1847492940 ISBN-13: 9781847492944 Publisher: Alma Books OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - Italian - Poetry | Medieval |
| Dewey: 851.1 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.44 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |