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Peter Levi

    Peter Levi fue poeta, arqueólogo, escritor de viajes, biógrafo, académico y prolífico crítico y reseñador. Su producción literaria abarcó un vasto espectro, impulsada por un profundo compromiso con diversas culturas e historias. El estilo de Levi a menudo combinaba la introspección con una aguda observación del mundo que lo rodeaba. Dejó una marca significativa tanto en la literatura británica como en el ámbito académico.

    Scherbengericht
    Im Garten des Lichts
    Bildatlas der Weltkulturen. Griechenlang
    The Frontiers of Paradise
    Atlas of the Greek world
    Horace. A Life
    • Horace. A Life

      • 288 páginas
      • 11 horas de lectura

      The work of the great Roman poet, Horatius Flaccus (65 BC to 8 BC), spanned all aspects of Roman life—politics, the arts, religion, and the authority of the emperor—while his legendary poems ( Satires, Odes, Epistles ) about friendship, philosophy, love, and sex still have considerable appeal. This biography presents a complete picture of Horace's life and world. It considers the details of Horace's romantic liaisons and why he never married, what the status of his father—a freedman—meant to the poet, and his distinctive brand of philosophy. In this acclaimed biography, Peter Levi, a fellow poet, has produced a thrilling and eminently readable book, the definitive account of Rome's greatest poet and the times during which he lived.

      Horace. A Life2012
      3,6
    • Peter Levi reiste 1970 zusammen mit dem jungen Bruce Chatwin nach Afghanistan, in ein noch unzerstörtes Land am Schnittpunkt dreier Religionen. Sein Reisebericht - funkelnde Bilder der Fremdartigkeit und Schönheit - erzählt von einem vergessenen Land, das damals noch in voller Blüte stand.

      Im Garten des Lichts2002
      4,0
    • Atlas of the Greek world

      • 239 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      An amply illustrated history of ancient Greek civilization focuses on Greek achievements in philosophy, medicine, sports, theater, sculpture, economics, science, and law, incorporating visits to the twenty-six major architectural sites

      Atlas of the Greek world1980
      3,9