Dialogue between fashion and death
Leopardi, Giacomo, 1798-18372010
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Leopardi, poet and philosopher, explores in humorous but savage dialogue the power of fashion and its strange irrationality. He also imagines conversations between Hercules and Atlas, Nature and an Icelander, and the Earth and the Moon, as well as producing a simple essay praising the humble bird.
Main title:
Dialogue between fashion and death / Giacomo Leopardi ; translated by Giovanni Cecchetti.
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2010.
Collation:
90 p. ; 18 cm.
Series title:
Great ideas ; 85.
Notes:
Translated from the Italian.
ISBN:
9780141192550 (pbk)
Dewey class:
854.7
Language:
EnglishItalian
BRN:
847593