The Expression of the Inexpressible in Eugenio Montale's Poetry : Metaphor, Negation, and Silence

This book locates the greatest Italian poet of the twentieth century, Eugenio Montale, firmly within European Modernism. It shows that he, like many writers of this period, was fascinated with the problems of language and expression. The book's main focus is the intriguing relationship between the word and what lies beyond the word.