Dante: A Life

Dante: A Life
ISBN-10
1101162988
ISBN-13
9781101162989
Series
Dante
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
2009-11-24
Publisher
Penguin
Author
R. W. B. Lewis

Description

An insightful biography of Florence?s famous son Acclaimed biog rap her R.W.B. Lewis traces the life and complex development? emotional, artistic, philosophical?of this supreme poet-historian. Here we meet the boy who first encounters the mythic Beatrice, the lyric poet obsessed with love and death, the grand master of dramatic narrative and allegory, and his monumental search for ultimate truth in The Divine Comedy. It is in this masterpiece of self-discovery and redemption that Lewis finds Dante?s own autobiography?and the sum of all his shifting passions and epiphanies.

Other editions

  • Dante: A Life
    • 2022-01-04
    • 352 pages
    • Ebook
    • Simon and Schuster
  • Dante: A Life
    • 2022-01-04
    • 352 pages
    • Paperback
    • Pegasus Books
  • Dante
    • 2021-12-07
    • 608 pages
    • Paperback
    • Princeton University Press
  • Dante
    • 2021-08-26
    • 194 pages
    • Paperback
    • Profile Books

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