{"product_id":"books-halcyon-by-gabriele-d-annunzio","title":"Halcyon","description":"Gabriele d'Annunzio (1863-1938), the most influential and controversial Italian poet of the last hundred years, published his masterpiece Halcyon in 1903. It is a carefully organized sequence of eighty-eight lyrics which, to gain their full effect, must be read as a whole. Halcyon is a 'solar diary' of a summer spent in Tuscany, part of the time with the legendary Eleanora Duse. The poems evoke specific times and places; more importantly, they conjure up emotions, memories and myths associated with each place. Beginning in early summer, they move through the seasons, changing in verse-form and mood, always delighting in the sensuous qualities of language.                 J.G. Nicholls's translation makes the richness and subtlety of d'Annunzio's poetry accessible to the English-speaking reader, and his introduction illuminates the complex themes and structure of the work. He provides a full glossary of places and references.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53507961323793,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781857546934.jpg?v=1778138852","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-halcyon-by-gabriele-d-annunzio","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}