Dante

A Life

Nonfiction, History, Italy, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Ancient, Biography & Memoir, Literary
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Author: R. W. B. Lewis ISBN: 9781101162989
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication: November 24, 2009
Imprint: Penguin Books Language: English
Author: R. W. B. Lewis
ISBN: 9781101162989
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication: November 24, 2009
Imprint: Penguin Books
Language: 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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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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