Selected Poems - Hardcover

Ungaretti, Giuseppe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801408504 ISBN 13: 9780801408502

Publisher: Cornell University Press, 1975

Synopsis

This volume of poetry includes the work inspired by Guiseppe Ungaretti's experience in World War I. This dual language edition is accompanied by his own essays and notes. Giuseppe Ungaretti was born in Alexandria in 1888. In 1912 he left Egypt to study in Paris where he was influenced by the French avant garde. Moving to Milan in 1914, he became a central figure of Italian modernism. His sense of poetic vocation and language was further shaped by his experience of the fierce fighting on the Austrian front during World War I. After the war, Ungaretti lived near Rome until 1936, when he was offered a professorship at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. The death of his young son, the outbreak of the World War II and the occupation of Rome had a profound effect on his poetry at this time. He returned to Rome in 1942 and taught at the university there until his retirement. He died in Milan in 1970.

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Review

"An exceedingly valuable book . . . the ideal introduction . . . [to] Ungaretti's uncommonly beautiful verse." --Bernard Knox -- The New Republic, March 10, 2003

"I am delighted to recommend . . . Andrew Frisardi's splendidly fresh and definitive new translation of Ungaretti's Selected Poems." --Edward Hirsch -- The Washington Post, November 10, 2002

About the Author

Giuseppe Ungaretti was born in Alexandria in 1888. In 1912 he left Egypt to study in Paris where he was influenced by the French avant garde. Moving to Milan in 1914, he became a central figure of Italian modernism. His sense of poetic vocation and language was further shaped by his experience of the fierce fighting on the Austrian front during World War I. After the war, Ungaretti lived near Rome until 1936, when he was offered a professorship at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. The death of his young son, the outbreak of the World War II and the occupation of Rome had a profound effect on his poetry at this time. He returned to Rome in 1942 and taught at the university there until his retirement. He died in Milan in 1970.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0801408504
• ISBN 13: 9780801408502
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Mandelbaum Allen