Description
| Product ID: | 9781904614050 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Arc Translations |
| Title: | The Night Fountain |
| Subtitle: | Selected Early Poems |
| Authors: | Author: Salvatore Quasimodo, Marco Sonzogni, Gerald Dawe |
| Page Count: | 84 |
| Subjects: | Poetry by individual poets, Poetry by individual poets |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. This work presents the translations of this poet. This book reproduces for the first time the contents of a manuscript given to a school-friend by the nineteen-year-old Quasimodo, a manuscript which only came to light in 1970 as a result of extensive investigations by the poet''s grandson Alessandro. Frayed and faded, but with an orderly table of contents and sealed by the young poet''s signature, the manuscript contains poems written between 1917 and 1920. Here there are landscapes brimming with memories and vibrating with emotions, sounds that are intense and unmistakeable, images of Arcadia and autobiographical references. While the writing is not yet mature, it does contain hints of the poetic spirituality that was soon to emerge. |
| Imprint Name: | Arc Publications |
| Publisher Name: | Arc Publications |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2008-09-01 |
