Download or read book The Selected Poetry of Guido Cavalcanti written by Guido Cavalcanti and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2009 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cavalcanti is a key figure in the development of Italian poetry, and a fascinating character in the shadow of his contemporary and friend Dante Alighieri. Cavalcanti also has an interesting place in the cannon of English poetry, where he was an important influence on two of his famous translators Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Ezra Pound.