Orpheus - The Song of Life

Informationen zum Autor Ann Wroe is the Obituaries editor of The Economist , and has written its weekly obituary for almost two decades. She is the author of eight previous works of non-fiction, including biographies of Pontius Pilate (shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Award and the W.H. Smith Award), Perkin Warbeck, Shelley, Orpheus (winner of the Criticos Prize) and St Francis. She lives in Brighton and London. Klappentext He may be myth, but his lyre still sounds, entrancing everything that hears it: animals, trees, water, stones, and men. In this extraordinary work Ann Wroe goes in search of Orpheus, from the forests where he walked and the mountains where he worshipped to the artefacts, texts and philosophies built up round him. Zusammenfassung He may be myth, but his lyre still sounds, entrancing everything that hears it: animals, trees, water, stones, and men. In this extraordinary work Ann Wroe goes in search of Orpheus, from the forests where he walked and the mountains where he worshipped to the artefacts, texts and philosophies built up round him.

Product details

• Authors: Ann Wroe
• Publisher: Pimlico
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.07.2012
• EAN: 9781845951689
• ISBN: 978-1-84595-168-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 232 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval