1st Edition

The Letters of Giacomo Leopardi 1817-1837

By Prue Shaw Copyright 1998
302 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages
by Routledge

Giacomo Leopardi, Italy's great poet of the Romantic age, is the author of some of the most beautiful and best-loved poems in the Italian language and some of the most remarkable letters in European literature. The interest of the letters in both biographical and literary: they document the background - the difficult personal circumstances, the intense and troubled family relationships, the... Read more
Introduction; A note on the translation; The Letters

Biography

Prue Shaw