A Poetry Precise and Free: Selected Madrigals of Guarini

by Nicholas Jones

A Poetry Precise and Free collects 150 lyric poems by the Renaissance Italian poet Giovanni Battista Guarini in new translations, accompanied by the Italian originals and commentary that will enlighten and engage both scholars and general readers. Guarini's madrigals provide insight into northern Italian court culture of the late Renaissance, when poetry and music were enjoyed as companion arts. Hundreds of composers of Guarini's day set his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472130722
• ISBN13: 9780472130726
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.4"