The Early Italian Poets: From Ciullo D'alcamo to Dante Alighieri in the Original Metres; Together With Dante's Vita Nuova; Part I. Poets Chiefly Before Dante; Part II. Dante and His Circle (Classic Re - Hardcover

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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9780265505069: The Early Italian Poets: From Ciullo D'alcamo to Dante Alighieri in the Original Metres; Together With Dante's Vita Nuova; Part I. Poets Chiefly Before Dante; Part II. Dante and His Circle (Classic Re

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Excerpt from The Early Italian Poets: From Ciullo D'alcamo to Dante Alighieri in the Original Metres; Together With Dante's Vita Nuova; Part I. Poets Chiefly Before Dante; Part II. Dante and His Circle

That there are many defects in these translations, or that the above merit is their defect, or that they have no merits but only defects, are discoveries so sure to be made if necessary (or perhaps here and there in any case), that I may safely leave them in other hands. The collection has probably a wider scope than some readers might look for, and includes now and then (though I believe in rare instances) matter which may not meet with universal approval; and whose introduction, needed as it is by the literary aim of my work, is I know inconsistent with the principles of pretty bookmaking. My wish has been to give a full and truthful view of early Italian poetry; not to make it appear to consist only of certain elements to the exclusion of others equally belonging to it.

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