Dialect Poetry of Southern Italy (Italian Poetry in Translation Book 2)

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