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Dante

by R. W. B. Lewis
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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.
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Series: Penguin Lives Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Kindle Book

  • Release date: November 24, 2009

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  • ISBN: 9781101162989
  • Release date: November 24, 2009

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  • ISBN: 9781101162989
  • File size: 620 KB
  • Release date: November 24, 2009
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Biography & Autobiography History Philosophy Nonfiction

Languages

English

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.
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Biography & Autobiography History Philosophy Nonfiction