{"product_id":"convivial-poems-paperback","title":"Convivial Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGiovanni Pascoli\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElena Borelli\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eJames Ackhurst\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiovanni Pascoli (1855-1912) is renowned as one of the founders of modern Italian poetry. Embodying the Zeitgeist of fin-de-siècle Italy, his works are inspired by French Symbolism and Decadentism. They also draw on the classical tradition so alive in Italian culture. His unique poetic voice is filled with traditional metrical forms, an uncanny use of onomatopoeic language, and a multilingual vocabulary. He fills his depiction of nature with haunting images and a disquieting sensitivity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConvivial Poems (Poemi Conviviali)\u003c\/em\u003e is named for \u003cem\u003eIl Convito, \u003c\/em\u003e the literary journal where these poems first appeared. The collection represents one of Pascoli's highest achievements. Like T.S. Eliot's \u003cem\u003eThe Waste Land, \u003c\/em\u003e James Joyce's \u003cem\u003eUlysses, \u003c\/em\u003e and contemporary post-modernist works, it revisits the classical world to draw new symbols for the modern condition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConvivial Poems\u003c\/em\u003e consists of twenty poems, with facing Italian and English, each devoted to a classical figure, fictional or historical. Ulysses, Helen of Troy, and Alexander the Great, among others, are the protagonists of these stories, but they are also signifiers for themes such as desire and the quest for identity in a modern universe deprived of God. Exquisitely written in a language that at times replicates the forms of Latin and Greek, these poems encode the past into the present and blend the old and the new in a vibrant modernist style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 334\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47437509623986,"sku":"9781599104362","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/4c45f8a764a33bdf89641c9a82014527.webp?v=1778653678","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/convivial-poems-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}