This study surveys the use of the rose topos in 20th-century Italian poetry, providing a cross-section of the work of major poets, and the movements in which it appears. The author examines the topos, the individual instances of its appearance, and cultural and linguistic contexts.
| ISBN: | 9780813017518 |
| Publication date: | 30th April 2000 |
| Author: | Thomas E Peterson |
| Publisher: | University Press of Florida |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 342 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: poetry and poets |