Selected Poetry of Andrea Zanzotto: (Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation)
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (523 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691644586 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 370 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The distinguished translators of this volume, Ruth Feldman and Brian Swann, have selected poems from Zanzotto's published work, providing English translations that appear on pages facing the Italian text.Originally published in 1976.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. His work has been described as innovative, intellectual, and elegant. Born in Pieve di Soligo (Treviso) in 1921, Andrea Zanzotto is the author of five books of poetry, a number of critical essays, and a book of prose. These editions preserve the original texts o
. Andrea Zanzotto (1921 2011) is the author of more than twenty books of poems and collections of prose
Language Notes Text: English, Italian (translation)
Grappa for breakfast. Everybody know: Zanzotto is one of the most important contemporary Italian poets. Extremely intellectual but, at the same time, fun and enjoyable to read, he leads you to the intricated and weird labyrints of language (everyday speech, children stumbling groans,intellectual and bureaucratical jargon, foreigners'unanderstandable utterings) until you get lost with him; or at least it's what you think for a moment, just a short second, until something comes to your mind like a lightning: "Gosh, he knows where we are!" Though hard to translate, Zanzotto wise bric-a-brac creations are now available to the English native speaker