Poetry of Ferdinando Russo

From 1869 to the Twenties, two literary luminaries traversed the blue skies of Naples, Ferdinando Russo (1866-1927) and Salvatore DiGiacomo (1860-1934). The first was a coruscating sun that left no street slab unturned; the second the blandishments of moon light and lover's enchantments. The styles often eclipsed each other providing somber shades of sad beauty. The contrast of the poets was a source of rivalry and literary wrangling, while both integrated the life of Naples with the lives of a