First English edition and translation of the works of Camillo Sbarbaro, leading twentieth-century Italian poet and prose writer. "This book provides an opportunity to become better acquainted with Sbarbaro, and therefore represents a step in the right direction." -Franco Fido, Brown University.
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction
- Historical Background
- Camillo Sbarbaro
- Chronology
- Selected Bibliography
- From Primizie
- About Primizie
- Pianissimo
- 1. Editor's Introduction
- 2. Sbarbaro's 1954 Introduction
- 3. Text and Notes
- "Letter from a Tavern"
- Rimanenze
- 1. Editor's Introduction: Poetry as the Art of Memory
- 2. Rimanenze
- 3. "Versi a Dina"
- Selections from Trucioli
- Selections from Fuochi Fatui
- Appendix: Eugenio Montale on Camillo Sbarbaro