Selected Poems of Giovanni Pascoli
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Selected Poems of Giovanni Pascoli
By (Author) Giovanni Pascoli
Translated by Taije Silverman
Translated by Marina Della Putta Johnston
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
2nd January 2020
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Literary studies: poetry and poets
Physical Properties
Hardback
216
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
Description
The most comprehensive collection in English of the founder of modern Italian poetry Giovanni Pascoli (1855-1912)-the founder of modern Italian poetry and one of Italy's most beloved poets-has been compared to Robert Frost for his evocation of natural speech, his bucolic settings, and the way he bridges poetic tradition and the beginnings of mod
Reviews
"Shortlisted for the John Florio Prize, The Society of Authors"
"A welcome addition to Princeton University Presss excellent series, the Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation."---David Cooke, Modern Poetry in Translation
Author Bio
Taije Silverman teaches poetry and literary translation at the University of Pennsylvania and is the author of the poetry collection Houses Are Fields. Marina Della Putta Johnston is a lecturer in Italian at the University of Pennsylvania.
