Selected Poems

by Eugenio Montale

Book Overview

This selection, introduced by Glauco Cambon, present sixty-nine poems chosen from Montale's first three books, as rendered by sixteen translators, many of them distinguished poets in their own right.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811201198
• ISBN13: 9780811201193
• Release Date: January 1965
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 7.9"

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.