A Gift: The Life of Da Ponte: A Poem

by David R. Slavitt

Book Overview

Epic poem, biography, literary criticism, historical romance--in A Gift, David Slavitt presents the fascinating life of Mozart's librettist, Lorenzo da Ponte, one of history's great unknowns, a man blessed and cursed by his conviction that within him lay the capacity for literary greatness.

Educated in the church, the young da Ponte carouses in Venice, flees Italy, and finds himself in Austria, trying to establish a career in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807120480
• ISBN13: 9780807120484
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.0"