The Night Fountain - Selected Early Poems (English, Italian, Paperback)

'Salvatore Quasimodo was born-and lived-through historical tragedies which impressed his mind for ever. What one hears in his lines are the tears of mankind and its wail. Sonzogni and Dawe have captured the singular strength of Quasimodo and heard the penetrating voices of humanity. Their translations of this particular poet are a beautiful work of rendering history in rhyme and do more than justice to the art and the feelings of Salvatore Quasimodo. "The Night Fountain" should be read and re-read, learned and re-learned, and must be at hand to every reader who can only gain from its penetrating elegy' - Allen Mandelbaum, Kenan Professor of Humanities, Wake Forest University, USA.'"The Night Fountain" discloses a great poet in the making, now veering into Expressionism, now surreal, but always with an imaginative prosody and a voice that admits us into its intimacy. There is at once abundance and refinement here, and many of the elements that go into his great work. The translations are resourceful and inventive, keeping faith with the movement of the originals' - Michael Schmidt, Professor of Poetry, University of Glasgow.

General

Imprint:	Arc Publications
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Arc Translations
Release date:	September 2008
Authors:	Salvatore Quasimodo
Translators:	Marco Sonzogni • Gerald Dawe
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	86
ISBN-13:	978-1-904614-05-0
Languages:	English • Italian
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General
LSN:	1-904614-05-1
Barcode:	9781904614050

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