Description
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Leopardi’s life and works
* Concise introduction to Leopardi’s life and poetry
* Two translations of Leopardi’s seminal collection of poems, ‘I Canti’. (Frederick Townsend, 1887 and Francis Henry Cliffe, 1893)
* Includes the 1835 Italian text of ‘I Canti’ — ideal for students
* Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the poems
* Easily locate the poems you want to read
* Includes Leopardi’s prose works — Charles Edwardes’ translation of ‘Operette morali’, an important collection of dialogues and essays
* Features a bonus biography
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
CONTENTS:
The Life and Poetry of Giacomo Leopardi
Brief Introduction: Giacomo Leopardi by William Dean Howells
I Canti — Frederick Townsend translation, 1887
I Canti — Francis Henry Cliffe translation, 1893
I Canti — Original Italian Text, 1835
The Prose
Essays and Dialogues
The Biography
Life of Leopardi by Francis Henry Cliffe