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The most comprehensive English translation of the work of Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888 – 1970,) the leading representative of the experimental literary movement called Hermeticism, or Hermetic poetry. This edition includes poems from all of his major collections: "Porto Sepolto (1916,) “L'allegria di naufragi” (1919,)"L'allegria" (1931,) “Sentimento del tempo” (1933,) and "Il dolore," (1947.)
Copyright © 2018 by Alessandro Baruffi
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First Printing: 2018
ISBN: 978-1-387-43256-1
Publisher:
LiteraryJoint Press, Philadelphia, PA (USA)
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Cover: Portrait of Giuseppe Ungaretti as a young man.
Hermeticism in poetry, or hermetic poetry, is a form of obscure and difficult poetry, as of the Symbolist movement, wherein the language and imagery are subjective, and where the suggestive power of the sound of words is as important as their meaning. The name alludes to the mythical Hermes Trismegistus (Ancient Greek: Ἑρμῆς
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