Abelard and Heloise: the Letters and Other Writings Selected Songs and Poems Translated by Stanley Lombardo and by Barbara Thorburn |
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| Author:
| Abelard, Peter
Heloise,
Lombardo, Stanley |
| Translator:
| Levitan, William |
| Series title: | Hackett Classics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87220-876-6 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2007 |
| Publisher: | Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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Letters and Other Writings features an accurate and stylistically faithful new translation of both The Calamities of Peter Abelard and the remarkable letters it sparked between the ill-fated philosopher and his brilliant former student and lover. The intellectual passion, formal virtuosity, and psychological drama of the exchange distinguish it as one of the most extraordinary correspondences in European history.
Letters and Other Writings features an accurate and stylistically faithful new translation of both The Calamities of Peter Abelard and the remarkable letters it sparked between the ill-fated philosopher and his brilliant former student and lover. The intellectual passion, formal virtuosity, and psychological drama of the exchange distinguish it as one of the most extraordinary correspondences in European history.