Selected Poems

By Eugenio Montale

Book Overview

Acclaiming the late Eugenio Montale (1897-1981) as "one of the most important poets of the contemporary West," the Swedish Academy awarded him the 1975 Nobel Prize for Literature. This selection,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0932440983
• ISBN13: 9780932440983
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Oberlin College Press
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 12 years and up

Customer Reviews

Selected poems from Montale's first three volumes of poetry

In this book published by New Directions is compiled the more noteworthy poems out of Montale's first three volumes of poetry, in a facing page translation from the Italian. Although not his best work (a title I'd rather reserve for his "Satura"), the poems of this period are essential to becoming familiar with Montale's technique, which reaches its highest point in the profound "Picollo testamento (Little Testament)." The layout of this edition leaves a lot to be desired, but still provides the best introduction to this Nobel laureate's early poetry.