Translations from Leopardi

Originally published in 1941, this book contains 14 English translations by British poet R. C. Trevelyan of poems from Leopardi's Canti.

R. C. Trevelyan (Edited and translated by)

9781107433083, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 October 2014

68 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 0.4 cm, 0.08 kg

Originally published in 1941, this book contains 14 English translations of poems from Leopardi's Canti. The translations were produced by the British poet R. C. Trevelyan (1872–1951). This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Italian poetry and the Romantic movement.

Preface
Canti: X1. The solitary bird
XII. The infinite
XVIII. To his lady
XXI. To Silvia
XXII. Memories
XXIII. Nocturnal song of a wandering shepherd of Asia
XXIV. The calm after the storm
XXV. The village Saturday
XXVI. The dominant thought
XXVII. Love and death
XXVIII. To himself
XXX. On an ancient sepulchral bas-relief
XXXIV. The broom
XXXVII. Idyll
Dialogue between Torquato Tasso and his familiar spirit.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]