Begun while Howells was American consul in Venice, these studies sketch a century of Italian poetry ending in 1870, the age of the national movement for freedom and unity. Essays on the Arcadian shepherds, Parini, Alfieri, Monti, Foscolo, Manzoni, Pellico, Grossi and others are joined by Howells’s own verse translations.
A valuable introduction to the poets of the Risorgimento by the dean of American letters. Download the free EPUB.