Dolce far niente

"Dolce far niente" (Italian for "sweet doing nothing") is a poem by Finnish poet Aaro Hellaakoski. First published in his 1928 collection Jääpeili[1] ("The ice mirror"[2]) notable especially for its experimental typography, and was the subject of a study into the relationship between manuscript (or proof) and print version.[3]

References

  1. Aaro Hellaakoski (1928). Jääpeili. Helsinki: Otava. pp. 17–.
  2. Heinberg, Aage; Bukdahl, Jørgen, eds. (1959). Through Revolutions to Liberty. Scandinavia Past and Present. 2. Arnkrone. pp. 1126ff.
  3. Pulkkinen, Pulkkinen (2013). "A Genetic and Semiotic Approach to the Bibliographical Code Exemplified by the Typography of Aaro Hellaakoski's 'Dolce Far Niente'". In Van Mierlo, Wim; Fachard, Alexandre. The Journal of the European Society for Textual Scholarship. Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi. pp. 163–186. ISBN 9789401209021.
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