Cecco Angiolieri the enfant terrible of Italian literature loved womengambling food and wine. It is said that he found comfort for his bad luck atdice and with ... » 

Cecco Angiolieri the enfant terrible of Italian literature loved womengambling food and wine. It is said that he found comfort for his bad luck atdice and with Becchina his unreciprocating lover only by pouring venomousscorn upon his miserly parents. Ceccos outbursts of rage against his fate andhis earthly view of the worldpoles apart from the Stil Novo of Cavalcanti andDante the target of some of his fiercest sonnetsare perfectly encapsulatedin his poetry which is presented here with the facing Italian text in C. H.Scotts beautiful verse translation. This volume also includes Dante GabrielRossettis translations of Cecco Angiolieris poems. «