| Poetic Notebook 1974-1977 Contributor(s): Montale, Eugenio (Author), Arrowsmith, William (Translator), Warren, Rosanna (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0393344185 ISBN-13: 9780393344189 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - Italian |
| Dewey: 851.912 |
| LCCN: 2012029600 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.70 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1970's - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Poetic Notebook 1974-1977 evokes a magnificent savagery, an attack on the poet himself and on the nihilistic squalor that he observes around him. An old man, Montale remembers his youth and recalls the dead. At times he seems to wonder if he himself is dead. And so his is a grim majesty, a new kind of poetry that faces the void: "She's lied too often, now let darkness, / void, nothingness fall on her page. / Rely on this, my scribbling friend: / Trust the darkness when the light lies." |
Contributor Bio(s): Arrowsmith, William: - William Arrowsmith was a renowned translator and classics scholar.Montale, Eugenio: - Eugenio Montale (1896-1981) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975.Warren, Rosanna: - Rosanna Warren, the author of four collections of poetry, has received awards from the Academy of Arts and Letters and has won the Lamont Poetry Prize. She teaches at the University of Chicago and lives in Chicago. |