About this title: Gabriele d'Annunzio (1863-1938), the most influential and controversial Italian poet of the 20th century, published his masterpiece "Halcyon" in 1903. It is a carefully organized sequence of 88 lyrics which, to gain their full effect, must be read as a whole. Halcyon is a "solar diary" of a summer spent in Tuscany, part of the time with the legendary Eleanora Duse. The poems evoke specific times and places; more importantly, they conjure up emotions, memories and myths associated with each place. Beginning in early summer, they move through the seasons, changing in verse-form and mood, always ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fyfield Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781857546934ISBN:1857546938
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd., Manchester, England
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780856357497ISBN:0856357499
Description: Trans. : Nichols, J.C. Good+/No Jacket. 0856357499 Used Cover looks a little corner worn and sun faded. Pages are clean and bright throughout. read more
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