The metabolism of desire :: the poetry of Guido Cavalcanti /

The fact that Cavlacanti's friend, Dante Alighieri, was a supremely fine poet ought not blind us to Cavalcanti's own, rather different excellence. Both men were attracted to the dolce stil nuovo, the "sweet new style" that emerged in thirteenth-century Florence. While Dante'...

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1. Verfasser: Cavalcanti, Guido, -1300 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Slavitt, David R., 1935- (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Italian
Veröffentlicht: Edmonton, AB : AU Press, [2012]
Schriftenreihe:Mingling voices.
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Zusammenfassung:The fact that Cavlacanti's friend, Dante Alighieri, was a supremely fine poet ought not blind us to Cavalcanti's own, rather different excellence. Both men were attracted to the dolce stil nuovo, the "sweet new style" that emerged in thirteenth-century Florence. While Dante's poetry was devoted to his childhood sweetheart, Beatrice, Cavalcanti's poetry had more the tang of real-world experience: he struggled against unruly passions and sought instead to overcome love - a source of torment and despair. It is chiefly through the translations of Rossetti and Pound that English-speaking readers h.
Beschreibung:Text in Italian and English, with the English translation following the poem in its original Italian.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (149 pages).
ISBN:9781926836867
1926836863
9781926836850
1926836855
9781926836843
1926836847
1280486759
9781280486753
9786613581983
6613581984
ISSN:1917-9413