The War of the Mice and the Crabs

116 Pages·1976·16.469 MB·U. N. C. Dept. of Romance Languages

by  Project Muse.;Caserta, Ernesto G.;Leopardi, Giacomo

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This volume presents an English prose translation of Giacomo Leopardi’s Paralipomeni
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Caserta. Written near the end of Leopardi’s life, and published posthumously, this work
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GIACOMO LEOPA RDI
THE WAR OF THE MICE AND THE CRABS

GIACOMO LEOPARD!
THE. WAR OF THE MICE
AND THE CRABS
Translated, introduced, and annotated by
ERNESTO G. CASERTA
CHAPEL HILL
NORTH CAROLINA STUDIES IN THE ROMANCE
LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
U.N.C. DEPARTMENT OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES
1976
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Leopardi, Giacomo, conte, 1798-1837.
The war of the mice and the crabs.
(North Carolina studies in the Romance languages and literatures.
TTT; 4)
Prose translation of Paralipomeni della Batracomiomachia.
Bibliography: p. 109.
I. Caserta, Emesto G., tr. II. Title. III. Series: North Carolina studies
in the Romance languages and literatures. Texts, textual studies, and
translations; 4.
PQ4709.E5P4 1974 853'.7 74-23182
ISBN 9780807891643
DEPOSITO LEGAL: V. 289 - 1976
ARTES GRAFICAS SOLER, S. A. - JAVEA, 28 - VALENCIA (8) - 1976
A mia moglie, Jane,
affettuosa compagna di viaggio

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
FoREWORD •••..................... 11
TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION ......•.. 13
CANTO I ............................. . 31
II .......................... . 41
III ..... . 51
IV .......................... . 61
v ............................. . 71
VI ............................. . 81
VII ................................... . 90
VIII ...................................... . 100
A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 109