http://www.metafilter.com/97547/Leopardis-Infinity/ Comments on MetaFilter post Leopardi's "Infinity" Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:32:47 -0800 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:32:47 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/97547/Leopardis-Infinity <a href="http://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Canti_%28Leopardi%29/L%27infinito" title="Giacomo Leopardi's poem in the original Italian.">"L'infinito"</a>: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopardi#L.27Infinito" title="A contextual note from Wikipedia.">Infinity</a>. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUzsNkKTXMU" title="A reading by actor Vittorio Gassman.">Infinity</a>. <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=vXCrX-B2AKUC&lpg=PA63&ots=E3bTsmAiE1&dq=calvino%20leopardi%20infinity&pg=PA63#v=onepage&q&f=false" title="Commentary on 'L'infinito' by Italo Calvino. Excerpt from '6 Memos for the New Millenium,' 1985.'">Infinity</a>. <a href="http://www.textetc.com/workshop/wt-leopardi-1.html" title="A translation workshop from C. John Holcombe's Text Etc.">Infinity</a>. <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304741404575563403980737436.html" title="Translation by Jonathan Galassi within a WSJ review of his recent edition of Leopardi.">Infinity</a>. <a href="http://www.sidewaysstation.com/2009/06/giacomo-leopardi-is-generally-described-as-the-greatest-italian-lyric-poet-i-would-like-to-add-something-to-that-but-all-i-t.html" title="Translation by Phillip Hill.">Infinity</a>. <a href="http://www.solearabiantree.net/namingofparts/infinite.html" title="Translation by Henry Reed.">Infinity</a>. <small><a href="http://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Italian/Leopardi.htm#_Toc38684153" title="Translation by A.S. Kline.">Infinity</a>. <a href="http://www.bopsecrets.org/rexroth/translations/spanish.htm#Translations%20from%20Italian" title="Translation by Kenneth Rexroth. [Scroll down.]">Infinity</a>. <a href="http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/26184-Count-Giacomo-Leopardi-The-Infinite" title="Translation by Kenneth David West.">Infinity</a>. <small><a href="http://poemsintranslation.blogspot.com/2009/06/giacomo-leopardi-infinity-from-italian.html" title="Translation by A.Z. Foreman.">Infinity</a>. <a href="http://imaginaryboys.altervista.org/english/poetry/leopardi_eng1.htm" title="Translation by Alan Marshfield.">Infinity</a>. <small><a href="http://www.simonhuggins.com/uricon/classic/leopardi_giacomo/infinite.htm" title="Translation by Simon Huggins.">Infinity</a></small>...</small></small> post:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.97547 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:24:23 -0800 Iridic poetry literature italianpoetry italianliterature language translation giacomoleopardi l'ininito infinity http://www.metafilter.com/97547/Leopardis-Infinity#3372334 +1 comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.97547-3372334 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:32:47 -0800 vectr http://www.metafilter.com/97547/Leopardis-Infinity#3372338 The Workshop link is very nice. comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.97547-3372338 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:35:54 -0800 Wolfdog http://www.metafilter.com/97547/Leopardis-Infinity#3372383 I rather like that last link, but the accidental Dante<a href="http://www.bopsecrets.org/rexroth/translations/spanish.htm#Translations%20from%20Italian"> link</a> was nice as well. comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.97547-3372383 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:56:44 -0800 The Lady is a designer http://www.metafilter.com/97547/Leopardis-Infinity#3372464 What timing! I am just this week wading in to Galassi's translation of the <i>Canti</i>. Killer post! comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.97547-3372464 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:45:43 -0800 everichon http://www.metafilter.com/97547/Leopardis-Infinity#3372471 On the whole, it's not as punchy as de Morgan's "Great fleas have little fleas", though. comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.97547-3372471 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:48:49 -0800 Wolfdog http://www.metafilter.com/97547/Leopardis-Infinity#3372480 I think <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Gassman">Vittorio Gassman</a> could move me to tears reading a shopping list. With <em>L'Infinito</em>, well, ahrm, .... there's a hedgerow in my eye or something. comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.97547-3372480 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:58:13 -0800 chavenet http://www.metafilter.com/97547/Leopardis-Infinity#3372861 Subtitle for this FPP: Zen fans: steer clear. comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.97547-3372861 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:48:23 -0800 kozad http://www.metafilter.com/97547/Leopardis-Infinity#3372938 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QER_yqTcmjM">Time becomes a loop...</a> comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.97547-3372938 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:25:14 -0800 Evilspork