by Giacomo Leopardi · Catedra Ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437616391
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This bilingual edition of 'Cantos' by Giacomo Leopardi, published by Catedra Ediciones, presents a careful translation of the Italian author's poetry. The work, translated into Spanish, has been awarded the Intenacional Citta di Monselice 1998 prize. This paperback edition offers a global view of Leopardi's work, with introductory notes and a philological and metric analysis to facilitate the reader's understanding.
Count Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi was an Italian poet, philosopher, essayist, and philologist. Considered the greatest Italian poet of the 19th century and one of the greatest authors of his time worldwide, as well as one of the principals of literary Romanticism, his constant reflection on existence and on the human condition—of sensuous and materialist inspiration—has also earned him a reputation as a deep philosopher. He is widely seen as one of the most radical and challenging thinkers of the 19th century, and one of the crowns of Italian Romanticism together with Alessandro Manzoni, even if he expressed different and sometimes opposing positions compared to the latter. Although he lived in a secluded town in the conservative Papal States, he came into contact with the main ideas of the Enlightenment, and, through his own literary evolution, created a remarkable and renowned poetic work, related to the Romantic era. The strongly lyrical quality of his poetry made him a central figure on the European and international literary and cultural landscape.
