Cavalcanti Guido - Complete Poems: Dual Language - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
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.
Title: Complete Poems: Dual Language
Author(s): Cavalcanti Guido
Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
Barcode: 9781847492944
Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 3/14/2012
Category: Poetry By Individual Poets