Disaffections: Complete Poems
Cesare Pavese was one of Italy’s great post-war writers. His poetry was revolutionary—both artistically and politically—rejecting the verbal and philosophical constraints of tradition and utilizing direct, colloquial language. His subjects were peasants, hobos, and prostitutes, and this bilingual volume includes all the poetry Pavese ever published, including work originally deleted by Fascist censors. A landmark volume.

Cesare Pavese (1908-50) was a novelist, poet, and translator and a major literary figure in post-war Italy. He brought American influence to Italian literature through his translations. Pavese’s flight from the Fascists and subsequent confinement were reflected in his writings, which dealt with social struggle and revealed his sympathy for the oppressed. He committed suicide at the height of his literary powers.

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Disaffections: Complete Poems
Cesare Pavese was one of Italy’s great post-war writers. His poetry was revolutionary—both artistically and politically—rejecting the verbal and philosophical constraints of tradition and utilizing direct, colloquial language. His subjects were peasants, hobos, and prostitutes, and this bilingual volume includes all the poetry Pavese ever published, including work originally deleted by Fascist censors. A landmark volume.

Cesare Pavese (1908-50) was a novelist, poet, and translator and a major literary figure in post-war Italy. He brought American influence to Italian literature through his translations. Pavese’s flight from the Fascists and subsequent confinement were reflected in his writings, which dealt with social struggle and revealed his sympathy for the oppressed. He committed suicide at the height of his literary powers.

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Disaffections: Complete Poems

Disaffections: Complete Poems

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Cesare Pavese was one of Italy’s great post-war writers. His poetry was revolutionary—both artistically and politically—rejecting the verbal and philosophical constraints of tradition and utilizing direct, colloquial language. His subjects were peasants, hobos, and prostitutes, and this bilingual volume includes all the poetry Pavese ever published, including work originally deleted by Fascist censors. A landmark volume.

Cesare Pavese (1908-50) was a novelist, poet, and translator and a major literary figure in post-war Italy. He brought American influence to Italian literature through his translations. Pavese’s flight from the Fascists and subsequent confinement were reflected in his writings, which dealt with social struggle and revealed his sympathy for the oppressed. He committed suicide at the height of his literary powers.

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Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781556591747
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Publication date: 06/01/2002
Pages: 300
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)
Language: Italian

Table of Contents

Introduction: Walking with Pavese3
Part 1Work's Tiring (1936)
South Seas17
Ancestors25
Landscape (1)29
Displaced People33
Deola Thinking35
Street Song39
Two Cigarettes41
Idleness43
Landholders47
Landscape (II)51
Landscape (III)53
A Season55
Dina Thinking59
Betrayal61
Passion for Solitude65
The Billy-Goat God67
Time Passes71
Grappa in September75
Atlantic Oil77
City in the Country81
People Who Don't Understand85
House under Construction89
Ancient Civilization93
Bad Company97
Nocturnal Pleasures99
Ballet101
Fatherhood (I)103
Ancient Discipline105
Indiscipline107
Landscape (V)109
Discipline111
Green Wood113
Revolt115
Outside117
Work's Tiring (II)119
Portrait of the Author121
Mediterraneans125
Sad Supper129
Landscape (IV)133
Motherhood135
A Generation137
Ulysses139
Atavism141
Affairs143
Passionate Women145
August Moon147
Burnt Lands149
Poggio Reale151
Landscape (VI)153
Part 2Work's Tiring (1943)
The Widow's Son157
People Who've Been There161
The Night163
Meeting165
Revelation167
Morning169
Summer (I)171
Nocturne173
Agony175
Landscape (VII)177
Tolerance179
The Country Whore181
Afterwards185
Sand-Diggers' Twilight189
The Wagoner193
A Memory195
The Voice197
The Boatman's Wife199
The Drunk Old Woman203
Landscape (VIII)205
Smokers of Paper207
Words from Confinement211
Myth213
Paradise above the Roofs215
Simplicity217
Instinct219
Fatherhood (II)221
Morning Star over Calabria223
Part 3Poems of Disaffection
Words for a Girlfriend227
The Schoolmistresses231
Fallen Women237
The Blues Blues241
Song243
Sad Wine (I)245
The Boy Who Was in Me249
Indian Summer253
Work's Tiring (I)255
The Unconvinced259
Imagination's End261
Jealousy (I)263
Sad Wine (II)267
Creation269
Reigning Peace271
Other Days273
Poetics277
Alter Ego279
Sketch of a Landscape281
Deola's Return283
Habits285
Summer (II)287
Dream289
Sleeping Friend291
Indifference293
Jealousy (II)295
Awakening297
Landscape (IX)299
Two301
The House303
Part 4Last Blues
Earth and Death
"Red earth black earth"309
"You are like a land"311
"You are also hill"313
"Your face is sculpted stone"315
"You do not know the hills"317
"Your gaze is brine and earth"319
"You always come from the sea"323
"And then we cowards"327
"You are earth and death"329
Two Poems for T.
"The plants of the lake"333
"You also are love"335
Death Will Come and Will Have Your Eyes
To C. from C.339
In the Morning You Always Come Back341
"You have a blood, a breath"343
"Death will come and will have your eyes"347
You, Wind of March349
I Will Pass through Piazza di Spagna353
"The mornings pass clear"355
The Night You Slept357
The Cats Will Know359
Last Blues, to Be Read Some Day363
Notes on the Text365
About the Author367
About the Translator367
Index of English Titles369
Index of Italian Titles371
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