{"product_id":"9781857546934-halcyon-pb","title":"Halcyon","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJ.G. Nicholls's translation makes the richness and subtlety of d'Annunzio's \"Halcyon\" accessible to the English-speaking reader, and his introduction illuminates the complex themes and structure of the work. He provides a full glossary of places and references. Gabriele d'Annunzio (1863-1938), the most influential and controversial Italian poet of the 20th century, published his masterpiece \"Halcyon\" in 1903. It is a carefully organized sequence of 88 lyrics which, to gain their full effect, must be read as a whole. Halcyon is a \"solar diary\" of a summer spent in Tuscany, part of the time with the legendary Eleanora Duse. The poems evoke specific times and places; more importantly, they conjure up emotions, memories and myths associated with each place. Beginning in early summer, they move through the seasons, changing in verse-form and mood, always delighting in the sensuous qualities of language. J.G. Nicholls's translation makes the richness and subtlety of d'Annunzio's poetry accessible to the English-speaking reader, and his introduction illuminates the complex themes and structure of the work. He provides a full glossary of places and references.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31859875774561,"sku":"9781857546934","price":9.18,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/ffa4ff638d4a8031bc835fdcdb6aaa8a_9bbe93bb-0d6f-4f23-a9de-32b8bb4201f4.jpg?v=1582842180","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781857546934-halcyon-pb","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}