Delphi Collected Works of Giacomo Leopardi (Illustrated)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Leopardi’s life and works

* Concise introduction to Leopardi’s life and poetry

* Two translations of Leopardi’s seminal collection of poems, ‘I Canti’. (Frederick Townsend, 1887 and Francis Henry Cliffe, 1893)

* Includes the 1835 Italian text of ‘I Canti’ — ideal for students

* Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts

* Excellent formatting of the poems

* Easily locate the poems you want to read

* Includes Leopardi’s prose works — Charles Edwardes’ translation of ‘Operette morali’, an important collection of dialogues and essays

* Features a bonus biography

* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

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CONTENTS:

The Life and Poetry of Giacomo Leopardi

Brief Introduction: Giacomo Leopardi by William Dean Howells

I Canti — Frederick Townsend translation, 1887

I Canti — Francis Henry Cliffe translation, 1893

I Canti — Original Italian Text, 1835

The Prose

Essays and Dialogues (Translated by Charles Edwardes)

The Biography

Life of Leopardi by Francis Henry Cliffe

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