Breath: Poems and Letters

by Antonia Pozzi

Book Overview

Rediscovery of a stunning achievement in modern Italian poetry.

At the start of a promising career, Antonia Pozzi (1912-1938) committed suicide, leaving behind several hundred poems known only to her closest friends. The posthumous publication of this work led Eugenio Montale to praise Pozzi's "desire to reduce the weight of words to the minimum." Her Modernist verse is lyrical and experimental, pastoral and erotic, powerfully evoking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081956544X
• ISBN13: 9780819565440
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"