Selected poems of Eugenio Montale; (Penguin modern European poets)

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: 0140420991
• ISBN13: 9780140420999
• Release Date: January 1969
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.

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.