Pegasus Books
Dante: A Life
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- Alessandro Barbero
- Pegasus Books
- Hardcover
- 9781643139135
- 9 X 6 X 0.91 inches
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- Biography & Autobiography > Literary Figures
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy has defined how people imagine and depict heaven and hell for over seven centuries.
However, outside of Italy, his other works are not well known, and less still is generally known about the context he wrote them in. In Dante, Barbero brings the legendary author's Italy to life, describing the political intrigue, battles, city and society that shaped his life and work. The son of a shylock who dreams of belonging to the world of writers and nobles, we follow Dante into the dark corridors of politics where ideals are shattered by rampant corruption, and then into exile as he travels Italy and discovers the extraordinary color and variety of the countryside, the metropolises, and the knightly courts.
This is a book by a serious scholar with real popular appeal, as evidenced by its bestseller ranking in Italy. It is a remarkable piece of forensic investigation into medieval Italian life.
Author Bio
Born in Turin in 1959, Alessandro Barbero is professor of Medieval History at the Università del Piemonte Orientale (University of Eastern Piedmont).
His historical novel Bella vita e guerre altrui di Mr. Pyle, gentiluomo (Milan, Mondadori, 1995) (Beautiful Life and Foreign Wars of Mr. Pyle, Gentleman) was awarded the prestigious Strega Prize (1996), and translated into seven languages. His recent works include Dante (Laterza, 2020) and the biography of the Roman emperor Constantine, Constantino il vincitore (Salerno Editrice, 2016).
In 2005, the government of the French Republic awarded him the title of “Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.” For many years he has contributed to the newspaper La Stampa and the television program Superquark. Since 2013, Mr. Barbero has appeared in the Rai Storia programs a.C.d.C. and Passato e presente.
Source: Italy160US.org
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