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| The Metabolism of Desire |
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The Poetry of Guido Cavalcanti
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Guido Cavalcanti
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$16.95 Paperback
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ISBN: 9781926836843
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| 148 Pages |
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Distributed for Athabasca University Press
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About the Book
ciò passa la beltate e la valenza
de la mia donna e 'l su' gentil coraggio,
sì che rasembra vile a chi ciò guarda;
e tanto più d'ogn' altr' ha canoscenza,
quanto lo ciel de la terra è maggio.
A simil di natura ben non tarda.
all pale beside my lady whose lovely face
and gentle heart show the unworthiness
of him who catches a glimpse of her perfection,
for she is an earthly vessel of heaven's grace
before whose greatness we are so much less,
beyond any redemption.
The fact that Cavalcanti’s friend, Dante Alighieri, was a supremely fine poet ought not blind us to Cavalcanti’s own, rather different excellence. His love poetry has more of the tang of real-world experience and is as appealing as Dante’s, although in a more modern and recognizable way. The two poets both suffer, but Cavalcanti is not so sure that his torments are likely to improve his spirit. He is, therefore, more torn and under greater pressure to find some meaning in his struggles, and, as translator David R. Slavitt declares, "more fun."
About the Author(s)
David R. Slavitt is a widely known poet, novelist, critic, and translator who prepared these English versions of the poems because he loved them. And, in the end, what other reason for poetry is there?
Table of Contents
Reviews
"Bringing his genuine poetic gifts to the project, Slavitt’s translations provide stronger evidence of the originals’ poetic qualities than has been available for at least a century."
--Henry Taylor, Pulitzer Prize winner
Sample Chapter
A sample chapter of this title is not available at this time. For further information, please email info@ubcpress.ubc.ca.
Related Topics
Literature > Poetry
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