Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis (Hesperus Classics)

Type

Book

Authors

Ugo Foscolo

ISBN 10

1843910020

ISBN 13

9781843910022

Tags

Contemporary, Literary

Description

Written as an epistolary monologue, Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis is a compelling portrayal of a troubled mind. Published here for the first time in the English language, it is presented with Foscolo's highly acclaimed poem, Of Tombs. Banished from his homeland and from the woman he loves, Jacopo Ortis lives with the insufferable feelings of disillusionment and betrayal. Gone are his youthful dreams of literary glory, and in their place only his embittered laughter at fortune, at men, and at God. In the anguish of his state he feels himself compelled to make one final, titanic, and tragic gesture to the rulers of his age. - from Amzon

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