Gabrielle D?Annunzio, dekadent poet, konstnär, musiker, estet, kvinnokarl, pionjär, våghals, aeronaut, svart magiker och geni, framsteg ur första världskriget som en hjälte med en liten armé, "Ariditi, under sitt befäl. I brist på äventyr bestämde hans sig för att erövra staden Fiume i [...]

Composed during a period of extended bed rest, Gabriele D'Annunzio's Notturno is a moving prose poem in which imagination, experience, and remembrance intertwine. The somber atmosphere of the poem reflects the circumstances of its creation. With his vision threatened and his eyes completely bandaged[...]

Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction
Winner of the Costa Biography Award
**"Washington Post" Best Books of 2013**
**"Economist" Best Books of 2013**
This fascinating life of Gabriele d'Annunzio--the charismatic poet, bon vivant, and virulent nationalist who prefigured Musso[...]

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.[...]

At the end of the 19th century, two important developments, which both effect fin de siecle literature, unsettle the European subject: the loss of historical and metaphysical security on the one hand and a profound crisis of perception on the other. Jan Rohden examines the effects of both developmen[...]

Gabriele D?Annunzio ? ?Gabriele Bebådaren?? tycktes se ödet inskrivet i sitt namn. Han var författare, beryktad dandy, Europas mest omskvallrade kulturpersonlighet. Med sina blodtörstiga tal drev han Italien in i första världskriget, för att sedan genomföra övermänskliga bragder so[...]