Treasury of 34 hymns, sonnets, madrigals, heroic epics (in selection) and lyrics by Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Tasso, d'Annunzio and 15 others. Full Italian texts with expert literal translations on facing pages, plus biographical and critical commentary on each poet. Introduction. 21 black-and-white illustrations.
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Text: English, Italian (translation)
Original Language: Italian
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent Anthology of Italian Poetry,
This review is from: Introduction to Italian Poetry: A Dual-Language Book (Dover Dual Language Italian) (Paperback)
This thin book acquaints readers to well-known Italian poetry over a range of seven centuries in the periods between the 1200's to the 1960s. A reader might ask what the value is in a small book that covers so great a time span, but the book offers a sample of different writers and their styles. And if these poems should become your favorite, this book is a nice addition to a collection. There is a short biography and picture or drawing on each writer. Where Rebay is not able to locate a picture of the writer, a few pages show scanned manuscripts of the author's writing sample. In itself, the calligraphy on the manuscripts is a work of art. All of the poems have both the original Italian verse and tne English translation. One of the best poems in this book is written by Torquato Tasso and is about the experience of unrequited love, where he wishes that he were a bee so that he could cause a sting to avenge his wounds. And if a reader likes this series, there is a catalog at the end of the book that lists other Dover Books.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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A first introduction to the history of poetry and development of language,
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This review is from: Introduction to Italian Poetry: A Dual-Language Book (Dover Dual Language Italian) (Paperback)
This dual language book is a delightful and valuable introduction to Italian poetry for the student of the Italian language.
It begins in chronological order with the 12th century work of Saint Francis of Assissi's Cantico delle creature, which is accompanied by a very helpful explanation of historical language development so that the poem itself can be read in the original Umbrian dialect. Each poet is introduced by a short biographical sketch. The collection includes poems by Pertrarca, Boccaccio, Lorenzo De' Medici, Michelangelo, Nobel Laureate Salvadore Quasimodo and many others. I can highly recommend this booklet.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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Affordable and enjoyable,
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This review is from: Introduction to Italian Poetry: A Dual-Language Book (Dover Dual Language Italian) (Paperback)
Where else can you find a collection with Leopardi, Foscolo, Boccaccio and others for this price? You also get poems by people you didn't know wrote poetry like Michelangelo.
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