Gabriele d'Annunzio (1863-1938), the most influential and
controversial Italian poet of the 20th century, published his
masterpiece "Halcyon" in 1903. It is a carefully organized sequence
of 88 lyrics which, to gain their full effect, must be read as a
whole. Halcyon is a "solar diary" of a summer spent in Tuscany,
part of the time with the legendary Eleanora Duse. The poems evoke
specific times and places; more importantly, they conjure up
emotions, memories and myths associated with each place. Beginning
in early summer, they move through the seasons, changing in
verse-form and mood, always delighting in the sensuous qualities of
language. J.G. Nicholls's translation makes the richness and
subtlety of d'Annunzio's poetry accessible to the English-speaking
reader, and his introduction illuminates the complex themes and
structure of the work. He provides a full glossary of places and
references.
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