Giuseppe Ungaretti

L'Allegria

Modernist verse of fragmented joy amid war and suffering

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Giuseppe Ungaretti
Giuseppe Ungaretti

Italian modernist poet whose L'Allegria, written during World War I, stripped Italian verse to its barest essentials. His later collections Sentimento del Tempo and Il Dolore show a more expansive lyricism.

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