Publication

1979 - Little, Brown, Boston, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

31,750 words, Guess

Page Count

127 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveabbaabba00burg
  • ISBN-100316116521
  • ISBN-139780316116527
  • LibraryThing675785
  • Goodreads930752
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Classifications

  • DDC823/.914
  • LCCPR6052.U638 A63 1977b

Description

Abba Abba is about two poets who may or may not have met in Rome in 1820-1821. One was John Keats, who was dying in a house on the Spanish Steps. The other was Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli a great poet, though little known outside Rome. The first part of the book is about Keats and Belli. The second part presents Belli himself as poet, translated by Mr. Burgess.

Subjects

Topics

PoetsFictionIn literaturePoets -- FictionAuthors, fictionFiction in EnglishFiction, biographical

People

John Keats (1795-1821)Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791-1863)John, 1795-1821, in fiction, drama, poetry, etc KeatsGiuseppe Gioachino, 1791-1863, in fiction, drama, poetry, etc Belli

Other Editions

  • Abba AbbaLittle, Brown1979-01-01
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