Liggitivilli: sti quattru versi. New York: Nicoletti Bros. Press Co., [1911].
Title
Liggitivilli: sti quattru versi. New York: Nicoletti Bros. Press Co., [1911].
Description
Similar to Lu novu Tuppi Tuppi, this work is in verse in Sicilian dialect. Unlike the other work, this is comprised of 15 separate short poems on various subjects, not a facially comic dialogue or monologue to an audience, as such but seemingly more subtly in mock seriousness. (The subtitle "Sti quattru versi" could be dialect for "14 poems".) The dedicatory opening poem either states he hopes to avoid offending anyone or expresses the certainty that it has done so.
One of the poems notes Palermo 1910 as presumably its date and place of writing, a few with New York 1911, but most are without indication of where they were composed. If the dating of one in Palermo in 1910 is accurate, it must have been composed on a trip back to his hometown, since he arrived in New York in or about 1903.
For De Rosalia's biography, see the entry for Lu novu Tuppi Tuppi.
One of the poems notes Palermo 1910 as presumably its date and place of writing, a few with New York 1911, but most are without indication of where they were composed. If the dating of one in Palermo in 1910 is accurate, it must have been composed on a trip back to his hometown, since he arrived in New York in or about 1903.
For De Rosalia's biography, see the entry for Lu novu Tuppi Tuppi.
Creator
Giovanni De Rosalia
Publisher
New York: Nicoletti Bros. Press Co., [1911].
Citation
Giovanni De Rosalia, “Liggitivilli: sti quattru versi. New York: Nicoletti Bros. Press Co., [1911].,” Italian-Language American Imprints: The Periconi Collection, accessed April 28, 2024, https://italianamericanimprints.omeka.net/items/show/579.
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