Rinaldo

Max Wickert, ’58, has published his rhymed verse translation of “Rinaldo,” (N.Y.: Italica Press, 2017), the first of two epics by the Italian Renaissance poet Torquato Tasso.

Wickert previously published versions of two other works by Tasso: his second and more famous epic, “The Liberation of Jerusalem” (Oxford University Press, 2009) and Book One of his collected lyrics, “Love Poems for Lucrezia Bendidio” (Italica Press, 2011).

Wickert is also the author of scholarly articles on Edmund Spenser, Shakespeare and early opera, as well as three published collections of his own poetry. Since his retirement from the English Department of the University at Buffalo, he has continued as director and editor-in-chief of Outriders Poetry Project, a small press issuing books by writers living in or prominently associated with the Buffalo/Niagara Falls region, including Jeremiah Rush Bowen, Gail Fischer, Ann Goldsmith, Jerry McGuire, Edric Mesmer, Martin Pops, Jacob Schepers, Judith Slater, Carole Southwood and Linda Zisquit. His massive edition of “An Outriders Anthology: Poetry in Buffalo 1969-1979 and After” appeared in 2013.