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20%OFFEd Carlo Pirozzi - Like Leaves in Autumn: Responses to the War Poetry of Giuseppe Ungaretti - 9781910021798 - V9781910021798
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Like Leaves in Autumn: Responses to the War Poetry of Giuseppe Ungaretti

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Description for Like Leaves in Autumn: Responses to the War Poetry of Giuseppe Ungaretti Paperback. Editor(s): Pirozzi, Carlo; Lockton, Katherine. Num Pages: 168 pages, 21 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 203 x 26. Weight in Grams: 452.

Published to mark the first centenary of Italy’s entry into the Great War, Like Leaves in Autumn features 21 original Italian poems by Giuseppe Ungaretti, with new English translations by Heather Scott. These are set alongside 21 new poems by contemporary Scottish poets writing in response to Ungaretti, and are illustrated with striking black-and-white artworks from the ARTIST ROOMS collection, owned by National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. One of Europe’s greatest modernist poets, Ungaretti was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, to an Italian family from Tuscany. From 1915, he served in the Italian infantry in the campaign ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
451g
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910021798
SKU
V9781910021798
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About Ed Carlo Pirozzi
GUISEPPE UNGARETTI (1888–1970) is one of Europe’s greatest modernist poets. He was also a writer, literary critic, journalist and university professor in Italy and in Brazil. He was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, to an Italian family from Tuscany. At the age of 24, he moved to Paris, where he associated with prominent artists of the European avant garde. ... Read more

Reviews for Like Leaves in Autumn: Responses to the War Poetry of Giuseppe Ungaretti
Ungaretti’s war poetry expresses an intense feeling for life, that sense of the miraculous in which, as Cendrars puts it, ‘only a soul full of despair can ever attain serenity and, to be in despair, you must have loved a good deal and still love the world. JOHN BURNSIDE Each of the poets was asked to respond ... Read more

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