Poems and Fables

by Domenico Tempio, Giovanna Summerfield (Translator), Gaetano Cipolla (Editor)

Overview

Domenico Tempio is not well known even to specialists in Italian lierature, in spite of the fact that he was one of the two most important poets in Sicily in the 18th century. He continues to enjoy wide popularity in Sicily and especially in Catania where his poetry is still memorized. Though he is known for his raunchy eroticism, he was really a rebellious social reformer, an enlightened poet.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013706637
Publisher:	Legas
Publication date:	01/20/2009
Series:	Poets of Arba Sicula , #9
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	88
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Domenico Tempio, also known as Micio Tempio, was a legendary poet who shared with Giovanni Meli the reputation of being the most beloved poets in 18th century Sicily. His reputation has suffered because of his penchant for erotic poetry, but his other works, La Caristia, to mention only one, is a poetic masterpiece.