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Dante

A Life

A Life

By R. W. B. Lewis

By R. W. B. Lewis

By R. W. B. Lewis

By R. W. B. Lewis

By R. W. B. Lewis
Read by Grover Gardner

By R. W. B. Lewis
Read by Grover Gardner

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Part of Penguin Lives

Part of Penguin Lives

Paperback $24.00

Nov 24, 2009 | ISBN 9780143116417

Ebook $12.99

Nov 24, 2009 | ISBN 9781101162989

Audiobook Download $15.00

Jun 06, 2001 | 325 Minutes

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    About Dante

    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.

    About Dante

    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.

    About Dante

    In Dante, Lewis traces the life and complex development—emotional, artistic, philosophical—of this supreme poet-historian, from his wanderings through Tuscan hills and splendid churches to his days as a young soldier fighting for democracy, to his civic leadership and years of embittered exile from the city that would fiercely reclaim him a century later. Lewis reveals the boy who first encounters the mythic Beatrice, the lyric poet obsessed with life 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.
     
    “Lewis has an uncanny ability to capture crucial moments in Dante’s life and development as an artist.”—Booklist

    About R. W. B. Lewis

    R.W.B. Lewis, professor of English and American studies at Yale University, is the author of Edith Wharton: A Biography, which won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Bancroft Prize. His other books include The City… More about R. W. B. Lewis

    About R. W. B. Lewis

    R.W.B. Lewis, professor of English and American studies at Yale University, is the author of Edith Wharton: A Biography, which won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Bancroft Prize. His other books include The City… More about R. W. B. Lewis

    About R. W. B. Lewis

    R.W.B. Lewis, professor of English and American studies at Yale University, is the author of Edith Wharton: A Biography, which won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Bancroft Prize. His other books include The City… More about R. W. B. Lewis

    Product Details

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Literary Figure Biographies & Memoirs | European World History | Philosophy

    Paperback | $24.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Nov 24, 2009 | 224 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-1/8 | ISBN 9780143116417

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Literary Figure Biographies & Memoirs | European World History | Philosophy

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Nov 24, 2009 | 224 Pages | ISBN 9781101162989

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Literary Figure Biographies & Memoirs | Poetry | World History | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $15.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jun 06, 2001 | 325 Minutes | ISBN 9781415911266

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