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Operette morali Liber Liber Italian Edition edition by Giacomo Leopardi Literature Fiction eBooks

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Dall'incipit del libro "Narrasi che tutti gli uomini che da principio popolarono la terra, fossero creati per ogni dove a un medesimo tempo, e tutti bambini, e fossero nutricati dalle api, dalle capre e dalle colombe nel modo che i poeti favoleggiarono dell'educazione di Giove. E che la terra fosse molto più piccola che ora non è, quasi tutti i paesi piani, il cielo senza stelle, non fosse creato il mare, e apparisse nel mondo molto minore varietà e magnificenza che oggi non vi si scuopre. Ma nondimeno gli uomini compiacendosi insaziabilmente di riguardare e di considerare il cielo e la terra, maravigliandosene sopra modo e riputando l'uno e l'altra bellissimi e, non che vasti, ma infiniti, così di grandezza come di maestà e di leggiadria; pascendosi oltre a ciò di lietissime speranze, e traendo da ciascun sentimento della loro vita incredibili diletti, crescevano con molto contento, e con poco meno che opinione di felicità. Così consumata dolcissimamente la fanciullezza e la prima adolescenza, e venuti in età più ferma, incominciarono a provare alcuna mutazione. Perciocché le speranze, che eglino fino a quel tempo erano andati rimettendo di giorno in giorno, non si riducendo ancora ad effetto, parve loro che meritassero poca fede; e contentarsi di quello che presentemente godessero, senza promettersi verun accrescimento di bene, non pareva loro di potere, massimamente che l'aspetto delle cose naturali e ciascuna parte della vita giornaliera, o per l'assuefazione o per essere diminuita nei loro animi quella prima vivacità, non riusciva loro di gran lungo così dilettevole e grata come a principio."

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Operette morali Liber Liber Italian Edition edition by Giacomo Leopardi Literature Fiction eBooks

"Leopardi is one of the greatest of poets and prose writers, and like Kleist and Baudelaire, a truly original, devastating sensibility. Nothing is more overdue than a proper edition of Leopardi in English."
-- Susan Sontag

Fiabe che incantano. Melodie filosofiche di una strana saggezza che tradisce i metodi antichi in un dialogo strumentalizzato dal'epicentro del cuore stordito da illusioni intelletuali. Poesia in prosa.

The translation here is adequate, and just as sharp as the earlier rendition by Betram Dobell but not as stellar as the Columbia University Press scarce edition entitled "The Moral Dialogues" where Patrick Creagh's modern version is still the best one available. The above quotation of Sontag is referring to the Creagh translation. However it bears mentioning that this is the only version I have ever encountered that has the original Italian alongside the English. Giovanni Cecchetti is a fine man of letters and interprets the tone of the tales and dialogues well. His introduction and notes are very helpful and fill some gaps a lay reader will likely have. All in all, by the by the best choice out there.

Product details File Size 490 KB Print Length 242 pages Page Numbers Source ISBN 1548979031 Publisher E-text (September 2, 2013) Publication Date September 1, 2013 Sold by  Digital Services LLC Language Italian ASIN B00FF4ANWG

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Operette morali Liber Liber Italian Edition edition by Giacomo Leopardi Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

Operette Moralli is quite humorous some times. A more accurate translation of the title would be "small ethical works," but the current title is more truthful to the actual content. Giacomo Leopardi's work deals with subjects like suicide, egoism of men, the role hope plays in out lives, the genius's fate, similarities between fashion and death (I was as surprised as you are but he's actually right!), pleasure, happiness, poetry, philosophy, death, love, etc.

I think his humorous dialogues show much more invention and wit than other, more serious, essays. Although seriousness pervades every work it's not always visible. The hopelessness and pessimism that runs through most of the Operette Moralli may not suit the style of most people. But hopelessness here is the result of strength, and it's done with no hatred. Some of his opinions are surprisingly contemporary.

There are better books out there in my opinion, but this is still a very good book, and as Leopardi himself notes "... books now are mostly written in less time than one needs to read them, and you see very well that since they cost what they are worth, they also last in proportion to what they cost."
"Leopardi is one of the greatest of poets and prose writers, and like Kleist and Baudelaire, a truly original, devastating sensibility. Nothing is more overdue than a proper edition of Leopardi in English."
-- Susan Sontag

Fiabe che incantano. Melodie filosofiche di una strana saggezza che tradisce i metodi antichi in un dialogo strumentalizzato dal'epicentro del cuore stordito da illusioni intelletuali. Poesia in prosa.

The translation here is adequate, and just as sharp as the earlier rendition by Betram Dobell but not as stellar as the Columbia University Press scarce edition entitled "The Moral Dialogues" where Patrick Creagh's modern version is still the best one available. The above quotation of Sontag is referring to the Creagh translation. However it bears mentioning that this is the only version I have ever encountered that has the original Italian alongside the English. Giovanni Cecchetti is a fine man of letters and interprets the tone of the tales and dialogues well. His introduction and notes are very helpful and fill some gaps a lay reader will likely have. All in all, by the by the best choice out there.