Sepulchres and Other Poems

Expressing the author's political, civic and sentimental concerns, these poems will surprise the English reader with their immediacy and intimacy. &quote;On Sepulchres&quote;, Foscolo's masterpiece, as well as being one of the pinnacles of European neoclassical literature, is still one of the most widely studied poems in Italy. Foscolo's poetry reveals the inner recesses of a passionate, restless and surprisingly modern mind.