The Complete Poems of Michelangelo

Though known primarily as a sculptor and painter, Michelangelo was also a poet. In his lifetime, Michelangelo wrote over 300 poems, many of which were works of devotion and love poems of a spiritual and mystical nature. In 1961, Joseph Tusiani offered the first English translations of the complete corpus of Michelangelos poems. These translations illuminated the subtleties of both the source and target language, giving Michelangelos verse a freshness, a depth, and an inventiveness that time has not been able to obscure. The Complete Poems of Michelangelo reproduces Tusianis masterful translation. In addition to Tusianis introduction and translations, this new edition contains Michelangelos original Italian poetry, a chronology of his life and works, a biographical profile of Tusiani, and an interview with Tusiani exploring his musings on classic literature and the subtle art of translation. The Complete Poems of Michelangelo sheds light on Tusianis many exceptional accomplishments during his long and prolific life as a scholar, poet, translator, and artist.