Tuesday, September 17, 2013

 

Posthomerica

Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837), Zibaldone, tr. Kathleen Baldwin et al. (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013), p. 64 (Z 58):
From Homer onward everything got better, except poetry.

Tutto si รจ perfezionato da Omero in poi, ma non la poesia.
I'm very grateful to the generous friend who gave me the new English translation of Leopardi's Zibaldone, all lxxxvi + 2502 pages, beautifully printed on India paper. It's a gift I will always cherish.



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