Essays, Dialogues And Thoughts Of Giacomo Leopardi Translated By James Thomson
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Ed with introduction by Bertram Dobell, with a memoir of Leopardi by James Thomson. Part of the Universal Library series. Undated. Original green leather boards and gilded decorated spine. Nice copy, binding still strong, text clear and bright, slight wear to top and bottom of spine. Some age wear to boards, top end of good. Regarded by many as the "first modern Italian classic" poet, Leopardi was additionally praised for his prose work, with his varied use of dialogue, myth, allegory, and satire. For over five years years he stopped writing lyric poetry so he could concentrate on composing his innovative prose magnum opus called Operette morali (Small Moral Works). Frederick John Snell, author of The Primer of Italian Literature, commented on Leopardi's style and mastery of language: "He opens every little scratch, and probes, if he does not poison, the wounds of suffering humanity. Yet in all this he is the reverse of a fanatic. He argues dexterously, in the finest of literary styles."
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