Download or read book Lord Charlemont's History of Italian Poetry from Dante to Metastasio written by James Caulfeild Earl of Charlemont and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lord Charlemont conceived of his three-volume history of Italian poetry as a contribution to the reputation in the English-speaking world of the Italian literary tradition, by means of a substantial annotated anthology of texts, with his translations in parallel. This critical edition presents Charlemont's facing page translations of each author's work.