| Poetic Diaries 1971 and 1972 Contributor(s): Montale, Eugenio (Author), Arrowsmith, William (Translator), Warren, Rosanna (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0393344193 ISBN-13: 9780393344196 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: 2012029599 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.60 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1970's - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Poetic Diaries 1971 and 1972 is ruled by a brusque economy, and Montale's is, here, a poetics of magnificent reduction. The poet meditates on the very conditions of his art: language reveals itself to be madness, and poetry a broken promise. The Muse has become a scarecrow: "She still has / one sleeve, with which she conducts her scrannel / straw quartet. It's the only music I can stand." And yet music it is, and time and time again Montale attains a contrarian grandeur that renews faith in the art he punishes. These poems are dense and dramatic, evasive and erotic and vividly alive. |
Contributor Bio(s): Montale, Eugenio: - Eugenio Montale (1896-1981) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975.Arrowsmith, William: - William Arrowsmith was a renowned translator and classics scholar.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. |