Italy in Mind: An AnthologyAlice Leccese Powers Comprising short stories, novel excerpts, essays, journal entries, letters, and poetry. Italy in Mind captures all the contradictions of the Italian scene: enduring tradition and trendy consumerism, ravishing landscapes and urban sprawl, demonic bureaucracy and unvanquishable human warmth. Each entry is accompanied by a biography of the author, and the entire collection is preceded by a lively introduction by editor Alice Leccese Powers. The result is a work of enchantment, a tribute both to Italy and to generations of literary travelers. |
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... Round the lady atop in her conch - fifty gazers do not abash , Though all that she wears is some weeds round her waist in a sort of sash . 8 All the year long at the villa , nothing to see though you linger , Except yon cypress that ...
... Round the lady atop in her conch - fifty gazers do not abash , Though all that she wears is some weeds round her waist in a sort of sash . 8 All the year long at the villa , nothing to see though you linger , Except yon cypress that ...
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... Round the whole square in front of the church there is almost a continuous line of cafés , where the idle Vene- tians of the middle classes lounge , and read empty journals ; in its centre the Austrian bands play during the time of ...
... Round the whole square in front of the church there is almost a continuous line of cafés , where the idle Vene- tians of the middle classes lounge , and read empty journals ; in its centre the Austrian bands play during the time of ...
Page 264
... round the heads of the sculptured saints flash out upon us as we pass them , and sink again into the gloom . Under foot and over head , a continual succession of crowded imagery , one picture passing into an- other , as in a dream ...
... round the heads of the sculptured saints flash out upon us as we pass them , and sink again into the gloom . Under foot and over head , a continual succession of crowded imagery , one picture passing into an- other , as in a dream ...
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HOMER BIGART | 3 |
HAROLD BRODKEY | 9 |
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING | 19 |
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