| Description |
1 online resource (149 pages). |
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Mingling voices, 1917-9413 |
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Mingling voices.
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| Note |
Text in Italian and English, with the English translation following the poem in its original Italian. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Preface; The Metabolism of Desire; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37a From Dante Alighieri to his faithful friend; 37b; 38a Dante to Guido Cavalcanti; 38b; 39; 40; 41; 42; 43a Gianni Alfani to Guido Cavalcanti; 43b; 44a Bernardo da Bologna to Guido Cavalcanti; 44b; 45; 46; 47; 48a To Guido Orlandi; 48b Guido Orlandi to Guido Cavalcanti; 49a; 49b Reply of Guido Orlandi to Guido Cavalcanti; 50a; 50b Guido Orlandi to Guido Cavalcanti; 51; 52; |
| Language |
Text in Italian and English, with the English translation following the poem in its original Italian. |
| Subject |
Cavalcanti, Guido, -1300 -- Translations into English.
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Cavalcanti, Guido, -1300. (OCoLC)fst01811851
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FICTION -- General.
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| Genre/Form |
Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
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| Added Author |
Slavitt, David R., 1935- translator.
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Cavalcanti, Guido, -1300.
Poems. Selections. English.
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Cavalcanti, Guido, -1300.
Poems. Selections. Italian.
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| Other Form: |
Cavalcanti, Guido, -1300. Selections. English & Italian. 2012. Metabolism of desire. Edmonton : AU Press, ©2012. Mingling voices A volume in Mingling voices (CaOONL)20129006998 |
| ISBN |
9781926836850 (electronic bk.) |
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1926836855 (electronic bk.) |
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