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

media, Nigro traverses dialect as well,

experiencing a constant communication

problem, the uneasiness that blocks projects

and relationships, forcing the poet into the

precarious role of the chance-taker

(Catalano, 1986, p.72).

ANTHOLOGIES AND DICTIONARIES

Canti popolari delle province meridionali,

edited by A. Casetti e V. Imbriani, Turin

1871-72.

I canti popolari di Spinoso, edited by A.

Lotierzo, Naples 1983.

I poeti della Basilicata, edited by A.

Lotierzo e R. Nigro, Forlì, 1981 (reprint

1993).

Le rose e i terremoti. La poesia della

Basilicata da Scotellaro a Nigro, edited by

Catalano Ettore, Venosa 1986.

Basilicata, edited by T. Spinelli, Brescia