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Selected Poetry and Prose of Andrea Zanzotto A Bilingual Edition

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ISBN-10: 0226978850

ISBN-13: 9780226978857

Edition: 2007

Authors: Andrea Zanzotto, Patrick Baron, Ruth Feldman, Thomas J. Harrison, Brian Swann

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By Now (Ormai) By now the primrose and the warmth at your feet and the green insight of the world The uncovered carpets the loggias shaken by wind and sun tranquil worm of the thorny woods; my distant pain, distinct thirst like another life in the breast Here all that's left is to wrap the landscape around the self and turn your back. Andrea Zanzotto is widely considered Italy's most influential living poet. He has published more than twenty collections of poetry and prose, which cover a vast range of themes, from linguistics and nature to politics and science. A lifelong resident of the hilly farm country of the Veneto, he possesses a rare familiarity with place, and his writings…    
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List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 3/15/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 482
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.90" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 1.518
Language: English

Andrea Zanzotto (1921-2011) is the author of more than twenty books of poems and collections of prose.

Patrick Barronis assistant professor of English at the University of Massachusetts–Boston. He is the recipient of a Fulbright Award, the Rome Prize, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for the translation of the poetry of Andrea Zanzotto.

Ruth Duskin Feldman is an award-winning writer and educator. With Diane E. Papalia and Sally Wendkos Olds, she coauthored the fourth and the seventh through the twelfth editions of Human Development and the eighth through the twelfth editions of A Child's World. She also is coauthor, with Dr. Papalia, Harvey Sterns and Cameron J. Camp, of Adult Development and Aging. A former teacher, she has developed educational materials for all levels from elementary school through college and has prepared ancillaries to accompany the Papalia-Olds books. She is author or coauthor of four books addressed to general readers, including Whatever Happened to the Quiz Kids? Perils and Profits of Growing Up…    

List of Illustrations Translator’s
Note and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Selected Poetry daA che valse? Versi, 1938–1942/ fromWhat was the point? Verse, 1938–1942(1970) “Nell’era della silenziosa pace”
“In the age of silent peace” “Nei giorni delle insonni primavere”
“In the days of sleepless springs” “A questo ponte”
“At this bridge” daDietro il paesaggio/Behind the Landscape(1951) Indizi e Luna
Indications and Moon nbsp; Quanto a lungo
How Long Ormai
By Now L� sovente nell’alba
There Often in the Dawn Serica
Silky Distanza
Distance Adunata
Gathering Nel mio paese
In My Land L’acqua di Dolle
The Water of Dolle L’amore infermo del giorno
The Infirm Love of Day L� sul ponte
There on the Bridge Perch� siamo
Because We Are Dietro il paesaggio
Behind the Landscape Nella valle
In the Valley daElegia e altri versi/ fromElegy and Other Poems(1954) Partenza per il Vaud
Departure for Vaud Da Ore calanti
From Waning Hours daVocativo/ fromVocative(1957) Fiume all’alba
River at Dawn Caso vocativo
Vocative Case Colloquio
Colloquy I paesaggi primi
The First Landscapes Da un’altezza nuova
From a New Height Esistere psichicamente
Existing Psychically Impossibilit� della parola
Impossibility of the Word Prima del sole
Before the Sun Dal cielo
From the Sky daIX Ecloghe/ fromIX Eclogues(1962) Un libro di Ecloghe
A Book of Eclogues Ecloga I
Eclogue I Ecloga II
Eclogue II Ecloga III
Eclogue III Per la finestra nuova
Through the New Window Ecloga IV
Eclogue IV La quercia sradicata dal vento
The Oak Uprooted by the Wind Cos� siamo
That’s How We Are Notificazione di presenza sui Colli Euganei
Notifying One’s Presence in the Euganean Hills Epilogo: Appunti per un’Ecloga
Epilogue: Notes for an Eclogue nbsp; daLa Belt�/ fromBeauty(1968) La perfezione della neve
The Perfection of the Snow S�, ancora la neve
Yes, the Snow Again Alla stagione
To the Season Da Possibili prefazi o riprese o conclusioni
From Possible Prefaces or Resumptions or Conclusions Al mondo
To the World L’elegia in pet�l
The Elegy in Pet�l Da Profezie o memorie o giornali murali
From Prophecies or Memories or Bulletin Boards daGli Squardi i Fatti e Senhal/ fromGlances, Facts and Senhals(1969) From Glances, Facts and Senhals
Da Gli Squardi i Fatti e Senhal daPasque/ fromEasters(1973) Da Misteri della pedagogia
From Mysteries of Pedagogy La Pace di Oliva
The Peace of Oliva Subnarcosi
Subnarcosis Per lumina, per limina
By Lights, by Limits Lanternina cieca
Small Dark Lantern Codicillo
Codicil
( a ( e / ( a ( e daFil�. Per ilCasanovadi Fellini/ fromPeasants Wake for Fellini’sCasanova (1976) Da Peasants Wake
From Fil� daIl Galateo in Bosco/ fromThe Woodland Book of Manners(1978) “Dolcezza. Carezza. Piccoli schiaffi in quiete.”
“Sweetness. Dearness. Little muffled slaps