Notturno (Margellos World Republic of Letters) by Gabriele D'Annunzio; Stephen Sartarelli (Translator); Virginia Jewiss (Introduction) - 2012

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Yale University Press, 2012. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Black cloth with dustwrapper, an almost "as new" copy - The first complete English translation of D'Annunzio's haunting book-length prose poem Composed during a period of extended bed rest, Gabriele D'Annunzio's Notturno is a moving prose poem in which imagination, experience, and remembrance intertwine. The somber atmosphere of the poem reflects the circumstances of its creation. With his vision threatened and his eyes completely bandaged, D'Annunzio suffered months of near-total blindness and pain-wracked infirmity in 1921, and yet he managed to write on small strips of paper, each wide enough for a single line. When the poet eventually regained his sight, he put together these strips to create the lyrical and innovative Notturno. In Notturno D'Annunzio forges an original prose that merges aspects of formal poetry and autobiographical narrative. He fuses the darkness and penumbra of the present with the immediate past,… Read More

Hardback. New. The first complete English translation of D'Annunzio's haunting book-length prose poem

Yale University Press, 2012-03-13. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

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