Achille Serrao who writes in the dialect of Caivano, a small town in Campania, deals with his "anxiety of influence," vis a vis the great melodic tradition of Neapolitan poetry represented by Salvatore Di Giacomo. He opts for the anti-melodic Neapolitan legacy from Basile, Capurro to Russo.
Pages
156
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Legas Publishing
Release
November 01, 1999
ISBN
188190119X
ISBN 13
9781881901198
Cantalesia: Poems in the Neapolitan Dialect (1900-1997) (Italian Poetry in Translation) (Italian Poetry in Translation)
Achille Serrao who writes in the dialect of Caivano, a small town in Campania, deals with his "anxiety of influence," vis a vis the great melodic tradition of Neapolitan poetry represented by Salvatore Di Giacomo. He opts for the anti-melodic Neapolitan legacy from Basile, Capurro to Russo.