This is the most exquisite volume of lyric poems from Leopardi's Canti, rendered into English by the most talented UK translators: Alan Marshfield, Tim Chilcott, A. S. Kline, and Frederick Townsend. I deeply recommend it.

The lovely painting on the book cover suggests Teresa Fattorini, the female adolescent, personification of "Hope", who was the subject of one of Leopardi's most famous poems, "A Silvia".

GIACOMO LEOPARDI - CANTI SELECTED POEMS Paperback edition. Selected Poems by Giacomo Leopardi. (16 poems in the English Translation) Giacomo Leopardi’s Canti were written in 1835. This collection of lyric poetry is considered one of the most significant works of Italian literature. The order of the poems here published in the English translations by Alan Marshfield, Tim Chilcott, A. S. Kline, and Frederick Townsend, does not follow their original position within the structure of Leopardi’s Canti. The 16 poems here published are the most valuable versions from Leopardi’s Canti, available in the English language. ( )