The Poetry of Michelangelo: An Introduction

by Christopher Ryan

This book provides an invaluable tool for gaining access to this major cultural and literary source, supplying the essential background, historical and personal; tracing the checkered publishing history of the poems; and laying out the broad chronological evolution of the poetry. It also distinguishes four main groups in the central period of Michelangelo's poetic creativity, and offers a close analysis of the individual poems.

345 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1998

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