marcin
(Marcin)
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latter, for instance, they go from the highest,
most consciously lofty and elaborate tones,
to those we call spontaneous, popular,
immediate, so that even in the sphere of
dialect literatures it is possible to
distinguish...” Serrao, in fact, after his
experiences in Italian, at any rate all positive
and well received critically, with Coordinata
polare [Polar Coordinate], in 1968, Honeste
vivere, in 1970, Destinato alla giostra [Destined
for the Merry-Go-Round], in 1974, Lista
d’attesa [Waiting List], in 1979 and L’altrove e
il senso [Elsewhere and Sense], in 1987
(without of course mentioning his narrative
and literary essays), devotes himself totally
to dialect poetry, immediately garnering
enthusiastic approval from critics and poets
of note. This meant that Serrao had been
able to capture the magical moment of