Becker, Jared, Eugenio Montale, Twayne's World Authors Series, No. 778, Twayne, 1986.

Becker's introductory study surveys the entirety of Montale's work. It includes a chronology and an annotated bibliography.

Cambon, Glauco, Eugenio Montale's Poetry: A Dream in Reason's Presence, Princeton University Press, 1982, pp. 3—33.

This is an analysis of Cuttlefish Bones, emphasizing Montale's poetic attempt to reclaim the lost bliss of childhood. In the book, Cambon sees Montale as "wavering between utter disenchantment and glimpsed ecstasy."

Huffman, Claire de C. L., Montale and the Occasions of Poetry, Princeton University Press, 1983.

This study of Montale's poetry emphasizes The Occasions, Montale's second volume, as a lens through which to understand the whole of his work. Huffman also includes a comparison between Montale and T. S. Eliot.

Montale, Eugenio, The Second Life of Art: Selected Essays of Eugenio Montale, edited and with an introduction by Jonathan Galassi, Ecco Press, 1982.

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