Sonnets by Cecco Angiolieri

Sonnets by Cecco Angiolieri

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Sonnets by Cecco Angiolieri

Cecco Angiolieri, the enfant terrible of Italian literature, loved women, gambling, food, and wine. It is said that he found comfort for his bad luck at dice and with Becchina, his unreciprocating lover, only by pouring venomous scorn upon his miserly parents. Cecco s outbursts of rage against his fate and his earthly view of the worldpoles apart from the Stil Novo of Cavalcanti and Dante, the target of some of his fiercest sonnetsare perfectly encapsulated in his poetry, which is presented here with the facing Italian text in C. H. Scott s beautiful verse translation. This volume also includes Dante Gabriel Rossetti s translations of Cecco Angiolieri s poems.
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ISBN 13 9781847490438
ISBN 10 1847490433
Title Sonnets
Author Cecco Angiolieri
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Alma Books Ltd
Year published 2008-01-01
Number of pages 270
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.