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In this first detailed and comprehensive account of Leopardi's theory of poetry, G. Singh assesses both the literary and critical attainments of a poet whose eminence ranks him with Dante and Petrarch. Singh's analysis, which employs extensive reference to Leopardi’s work in order to illustrate the author’s own comments, sets forth Leopardi’s views on the larger questions of tradition, inspiration, and the imagination in poetry. Later chapters are concerned with the more specific matters of the poetic image, style, and language.
G. Singh is a poet, critic, and academic. He is the author of various criticisms of Swinburne, Pound, Eliot, Montale, and the Leavises.
Publication Date
1964
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Place of Publication
Lexington, KY
ISBN
9780813154794
eISBN
9780813164601
Keywords
Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poetry
Disciplines
Italian Literature
Recommended Citation
Singh, G., "Leopardi and the Theory of Poetry" (1964). Italian Literature. 3.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_italian_literature/3
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