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Twentieth-Century Italian Poetry

An Anthology

edited by John Picchione & Lawrence R. Smith

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Sep 1993
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780802073686
    Publish Date
    Sep 1993
    List Price
    $62.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442682801
    Publish Date
    Sep 1993
    List Price
    $61.00

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Description

Twentieth-century Italian poetry is one of the most vital, innovative and influential bodies of literature on the European continent. This volume presents a selection of poems in the original Italian, with introductory material and notes in English.

About the authors

John Picchione is an associate professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at York University.

John Picchione's profile page

Lawrence R. Smith is a member of the Department of English, Eastern Michigan University

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Editorial Reviews

'The editors are to be praised for choosing to produce a selection of poems with balances the first half of the century with the second half of 1900s...the usefulness of this anthology lies in its balanced panoramic view of twentieth century Italian poetry.'

AUMLA

'For students who possess a basic understanding of Italian, there is no other anthology that combines the breadth of selection, and depth of knowledge that does Twentieth-Century Italian Poetry.'

The Eyetalian