Hermeticism, Futurism, and post-war neo-realistic poetry are some of the movements covered in the lengthy and detailed introduction. Selections from Quasimodo, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1959, Pavese, Ungaretti, Montale, and Bartolini.

Hermeticism, Futurism, and post-war neo-realistic poetry are some of the movements covered in the lengthy and detailed introduction. Selections from Quasimodo, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1959, Pavese, Ungaretti, Montale, and Bartolini.