{"product_id":"the-complete-poems-of-michelangelo-9780226080307","title":"The Complete Poems of Michelangelo","description":"There is no artist more celebrated than Michelangelo. Yet the magnificence of his achievements as a visual artist often overshadow his devotion to poetry. Michelangelo used poetry to express what was too personal to display in sculpture or painting. John Frederick Nims has brought the entire body of Michelangelo's verse, from the artist's ardent twenties to his anguished and turbulent eighties, to life in English in this unprecedented collection. The result is a tantalizing glimpse into a most fascinating mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Wonderful. . . . Nims gives us Michelangelo whole: the polymorphous love sonneteer, the political allegorist, and the solitary singer of madrigals.\"-\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A splendid, fresh and eloquent translation. . . . Nims, an eminent poet and among the best translators of our time, conveys the full meaning and message of Michelangelo's love sonnets and religious poems in fluently rhymed, metrical forms.\"-\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The best so far. . . . Nims is best at capturing the sound and sense of Michelangelo's poetic vocabulary.\"-\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Surely the most compelling translations of Michelangelo currently available in English.\"-Ronald L. Martinez, \u003ci\u003eWashington Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Frederick Nims\u003c\/b\u003e (1913-1999) was the author of eight books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eKnowledge of the Evening, \u003c\/i\u003e which was nominated for a National Book Award. Among his many translations is \u003ci\u003eThe Poems of Saint John of the Cross\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by the University of Chicago Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50923927372050,"sku":"9780226080307","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c61d0f58-89f2-43fd-bc9a-8293673e0804.jpg?v=1738965337","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-complete-poems-of-michelangelo-9780226080307","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}