The Poetry of Giacomo Da Lentino
Title | The Poetry of Giacomo Da Lentino PDF eBook |
Author | Giacomo (da Lentini.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 220 |
Release | 1915 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Complete Poetry of Giacomo da Lentini
Title | The Complete Poetry of Giacomo da Lentini PDF eBook |
Author | Giacomo da Lentini |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 2018-05-04 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1487518714 |
This volume presents the first translation in English of the complete poetry of Giacomo da Lentini, the first major lyric poet of the Italian vernacular. He was the leading exponent of the Sicilian School (c.1220-1270) as well as the inventor of the sonnet. Featuring illustrations and new English translations of some forty lyrics, Richard Lansing revives the work of a pioneer of Italian literature, a poet who helped pave the way for later writers such as Dante and Petrarch. Giacomo da Lentini is hailed as the earliest poet to import the Occitan tradition of love poetry into the Italian vernacular. This edition of Giacomo fills a gap in the canon of translations of Italian literature in English and serves as a vital reference source for students as well as scholars and teachers interested in the literature of the romance languages.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Title | Encyclopaedia Britannica PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 956 |
Release | 1892 |
Genre | Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
ISBN |
The Encyclopaedia Britannica
Title | The Encyclopaedia Britannica PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 942 |
Release | 1894 |
Genre | Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
ISBN |
Purgatorio
Title | Purgatorio PDF eBook |
Author | Dante Alighieri |
Publisher | Graywolf Press |
Pages | 457 |
Release | 2021-07-13 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 1644451506 |
The second installment in Mary Jo Bang’s exhilarating, innovative translation of Dante’s The Divine Comedy Award-winning poet Mary Jo Bang’s new translation of Purgatorio is the extraordinary continuation of her journey with Dante, which began with her transformative version of Inferno. In Purgatorio, still guided by the Roman poet Virgil, Dante emerges from the horrors of Hell to begin the climb up Mount Purgatory, a seven-terrace mountain with each level devoted to those atoning for one of the seven deadly sins. At the summit, we find the Terrestrial Heaven and Beatrice—who will take over for Virgil, who, as a pagan, can only take Dante so far. During the climb, we are introduced to the myriad ways in which humans destroy the social fabric through pride, envy, and vindictive anger. In her signature lyric style, accompanied by her wise and exuberant notes, Bang has produced a stunning translation of this fourteenth-century text, rich with references that span time, languages, and cultures. The contemporary allusions echo the audacious character of the original, and slyly insist that whatever was true in Dante’s era is still true. Usain Bolt, Tootsie Fruit Chews, the MGM logo, Leo the Lion, Amy Winehouse, Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan, and Gertrude Stein are among those who make cameo appearances as Bang, with eloquence and daring, shepherds The Divine Comedy into the twenty-first century.
Tuscan Poetry of the Duecento
Title | Tuscan Poetry of the Duecento PDF eBook |
Author | Frede Jensen |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 394 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780815316251 |
First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Italian Readers of Ovid from the Origins to Petrarch
Title | Italian Readers of Ovid from the Origins to Petrarch PDF eBook |
Author | Julie Van Peteghem |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 357 |
Release | 2020-06-22 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9004421696 |
In Italian Readers of Ovid from the Origins to Petrarch, Julie Van Peteghem examines Ovid’s influence on Italian poetry from its beginnings, through Dante, to Petrarch, situating it within the history of reading Ovid in medieval and early modern Italy.