"Modern Italian Poets; Essays and Versions" by William Dean Howells sees Howell critique and reflect on various Italian poets and writers throughout history. Arcadian Shepherds, Giuseppe Parini, Vittorio Alfieri, Vincenzo Monti And Ugo Foscolo, Alessandro Manzoni, Silvio Pellico, Tomasso Grossi, Luigi Career, And Giovanni Berchet, Giambattista Niccolini, Giacomo Leopardi, Giuseppe Giusti, Francesco Dall' Ongaro, Giovanni Prati, and Aleardo Aleardi are all represented in this text.
