Download or read book Three Modern Italian Poets written by Joseph Cary and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1993-10-16 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the most recent triad of Italian poetic genius—Umberto Saba, Giuseppe Ungaretti, and Eugenio Montale—Joseph Cary not only presents striking biographical portraits as he facilitates our understanding of their poetry; he also guides us through the first few decades of twentieth-century Italy, a most difficult period in its literary and cultural development.