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Poems on Sicily

Poems on Sicily

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Editorial:
Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2012
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Poesía
ISBN:
9781291166729
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In the book there is a selection of poems about Sicily by anglophone writers. Among the most well knownn we can list Wilde,D.H. Lawrence, Dickinson, Shelley. They relate some interesting aspects of Sicily even if some of them didn’t visit the island. There are poems about the myths of Arethusa and Enceladus, the volcano Etna with its destructive magma, the sicilian landscape with its flowers and trees, important Sicilian towns like Catania with its monks, Taormina that smells of almond blossom, Syracuse with its greek history and Palermo with its arab dome. The reader will be transported to this secret land and will discover the poetic meaning of this mysterious island that only poets can explain.

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