Leopardi, Giacomo
Canti
- ISBN 13:
- 9780141193878
- author:
- Leopardi, Giacomo
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2010
- Pages:
- 528
- Dimensions:
- 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm
- Genre:
- Poetry by individual poets
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
Canti is a deeply personal and philosophical work that spans drastic shifts in tone and material. Written over several decades, this extraordinary collection encompasses early personal elegies and idylls, radical public poems on history and politics, philosophical satires, and some of Leopardi's most famous odes.
Infused with classical allusion and nostalgia, the Canti is characterized by a spare, meditative style that conveys a sense of alienation and scepticism. This unique blend of themes has had a profound influence on Western lyric poetry, inspiring thinkers and writers such as Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Beckett, and Lowell.
A new translation by Jonathan Galassi sensitively responds to the musicality of the Canti, while his introduction provides valuable context for understanding the paradoxes of Leopardi's life and work. This Penguin Classics edition offers a unique opportunity to engage with one of Italy's most important poets in English.
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