{"product_id":"life-hardback-9781487556341","title":"Life (Hardback) 9781487556341","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLife\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eVittorio Alfieri (Author), Gianpiero W. Doebler (Edited and translated by), Gianpiero W. Doebler (Notes by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487556341\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 November 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e362 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm, 0.64 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe theatrical tragedies of Vittorio Alfieri (1749–1803), Italy\u0026amp;#x2019;s greatest dramatist of the late 1700s, feature themes and elegant verse that perfectly reflect his neoclassical age. \u003cem\u003eLife\u003c\/em\u003e presents Alfieri\u0026amp;#x2019;s autobiography, detailing a journey that was anything but measured and orderly, giving the modern reader an entertaining and insightful view of privileged life and travel in pre-Napoleonic Europe and the gradual (and late) development of a cultured, literary mind. Alfieri leads us through childhood humiliations in Torino, introductions to popes and sovereigns, love affairs scandalous and noble, Baltic ice storms, treks across Spain, a late-night duel in London, a narrow escape from revolutionary Paris, venereal inconveniences, and the difficulty of breaking into the literary establishment. A stubborn and proud man, Alfieri includes in his memoirs enough self-awareness and self-deprecation to make his character engaging and often sympathetic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis new translation, the first in seventy years, includes footnotes describing places, people, and events largely unfamiliar to twenty-first-century readers plus Alfieri\u0026amp;#x2019;s own appendices – letters, poems, early drafts of scenes – translated into English for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTranslator\u0026amp;#x2019;s Note\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003e1. Childhood\u003cbr\u003e2. Adolescence\u003cbr\u003e3. Youth\u003cbr\u003e4. Manhood\u003cbr\u003eLetter of the Abbot of Caluso, 1804\u003cbr\u003eAppendices\u003cbr\u003eIndex \u003cbr\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52596007960856,"sku":"9781487556341","price":44.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/life-hardback-9781487556341","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}