The Complete Poems of Michelangelo
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The Complete Poems of Michelangelo
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A complete collection of the poems of Michelangelo.
There is no artist more celebrated than Michelangelo. Yet the magnificence of his achievements as a visual artist often overshadows his devotion to poetry. Michelangelo used poetry to express what was too personal to display in sculpture or painting. John Frederick Nims has brought the entire body of Michelangelo's verse, from the artist's ardent twenties to his anguished and turbulent eighties, to life in English in this unprecedented collection. The result is a tantalizing glimpse into a most fascinating mind.
Wonderful. . . . Nims gives us Michelangelo whole: the polymorphous love sonneteer, the political allegorist, and the solitary singer of madrigals. — Kirkus Reviews
A splendid, fresh and eloquent translation. . . . Nims, an eminent poet and among the best translators of our time, conveys the full meaning and message of Michelangelo's love sonnets and religious poems in fluently rhymed, metrical forms. — St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The best so far. . . . Nims is best at capturing the sound and sense of Michelangelo's poetic vocabulary. — Choice
Surely the most compelling translations of Michelangelo currently available in English. — Ronald L. Martinez, Washington Times
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780226080307
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 April 2000
Country: United States
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Contributors:
- Translated by John Frederick Nims
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 1.0mm
Width: 16.0mm
Height: 23.0mm
Weight: 340g
Pages: 208
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About the Author
John Frederick Nims (1913-1999) was the author of eight books of poetry, including Knowledge of the Evening, which was nominated for a National Book Award. Among his many translations is The Poems of Saint John of the Cross, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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