Originally published in 1953, this book presents a study of Ugo Foscolo's eleven years in Regency England.

These are letters which ultimately produce one of the most complete yet most composite self-portraits in the history of modern Italian autobiography.

These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.

Cover -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION -- SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF STUDIES IN ENGLISH ON FOSCOLO -- TO THE READER -- LAST LETTERS OF JACOPO ORTIS

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

The present work provides an entirely unique translation of nineteenth century Italian writer Ugo FoscoloOCOs universally unknown, yet aesthetically superb poem The Graces.

Allegedly based on the real-life tragic story of the Italian student Girolamo Ortis, and suffused with the author's own autobiographical experiences, The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis is a masterly prose work by one of Italy's most ...