Italian Poetry 1885 - 1950: Giosuè Carducci - Giovanni Pascoli - Ada Negri - Eugenio Montale - Giuseppe Ungaretti - Salvatore Quasimodo - Mario Luzi - Antonia Pozzi - Cesare Pavese - Elsa Morante

In the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, Italian poetry experienced an extraordinary heyday. In ten chapters, the present volume provides exemplary insights into this period. English adaptations of selected poems are followed by literary-historical classifications and interpretations against the background of the life and work of the poets concerned.