Eugenio Montale the Fascist Storm and the Jewish Sunflower
            
                Toronto Italian Studies
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2014
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9781442645387
Description: "Eugenio Montale, the Fascist Storm, and the Jewish Sunflower uncovers one of the great hidden sagas of modern literature. During Italy's fascist period, Eugenio Montale--winner of the 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature and one of the greatest modern poets in any language--fell in love with Irma Brandeis, a glamorous and beautiful Dante scholar and an American Jew. While their romance would fall apart, it would have literary repercussions that extended throughout the poet's career: Montale's works abound with secret codes that speak to a lost lover and muse."--Publishers website