A masterpiece of twentieth-century Italian poetry, Halcyon inscribed the landscape of Tuscany with the memories and emotion of the time d'Annunzio himself spent there with the famous actress Eleanora Duse. No less brilliant for his narcissism, this poet, dramatist, and sometimes politician was larger than life, and his broad talent shines through in this carefully organized set of lyrics.

I believe that the three writers of the nineteenth century who had the greatest natural talents were D'Annunzio, Kipling and Tolstoy. - James Joyce In Gabriele D'Annunzio's new novel, 'The Intruder, ' doubtless certain decadent critics will see a triumph of art, a manifestation of genius; just what ordinary, healthy-minded people will see therein it is difficult to say. The book will, however, certainly arouse disgust in such of them as read it.... For many reasons 'The Intruder' is a book much better left unread. - The New York Times Tullio Hermil is a Nietzschean superman: handsome,...

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J.G. Nicholls's translation makes the richness and subtlety of d'Annunzio's Halcyon accessible to the English-speaking reader, and his introduction illuminates the complex themes and structure of the work. He provides a full glossary of places and references.

Putting the sex back in Pleasure, here is the first new English translation since the Victorian era of the great Italian masterpiece of sensuality and seduction

Like Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray, Andrea Sperelli lives his life as a work of art, seeking beauty and flouting the rules of morality and social interaction along the way. In his aristocratic circles in Rome, he is a serial seducer. But there are two women who command his special regard: the beautiful young widow Elena, and the pure, virgin-like Maria. In Andrea's pursuit of the exalted heights of extreme pleasure,...

Alcyone e una raccolta di liriche di Gabriele D'Annunzio pubblicata nel 1903, composta tra il 1899 e il 1903 ed e considerato il terzo libro delle Laudi del cielo, del mare, della terra e degli eroi. Alcyone comprende 88 liriche, ordinate secondo un criterio strutturale che non ricalca l'ordine cronologico della composizione. Tra la prima (La tregua) e l'ultima (Il commiato) si delinea l'ideale percorso narrativo di un'estate di poesia (nel senso di una raccolta composta d'estate e che ha per tema l'estate, sia dal punto di vista della stagione fisica che della maturita poetica dell'autore)....

I Fratelli Treves, editori in Milano, pubblicarono nel 1915 i messaggi ed i discorsi pubblici di Gabriele D'Annunzio, che il poeta fece nel maggio di quell'anno, ad incitamento e sostegno dell'entrata in guerra dell'Italia. Il testo usato per la sua riedizione e quello della quarta ristampa del 1920. Gabriele D'Annunzio il 5 maggio 1915 si era recato a Genova per inaugurare sullo scoglio di Quarto un monumento ai Mille. Il libro raccoglie quanto a Genova fu detto dal poeta, in particolare il discorso di violento incitamento alla guerra per la "resurrezione" e "integrazione" della patria....