Gabriele d'Annunzio: Poet, Seducer, and Preacher of War by Hughes-Hallett, Lucy
Gabriele d'Annunzio: Poet, Seducer, and Preacher of War by Hughes-Hallett, Lucy

Gabriele d'Annunzio: Poet, Seducer, and Preacher of War

Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for NonfictionWinner of the Costa Biography Award**Washington Post Best Books of...
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Gabriele d'Annunzio: Poet, Seducer, and Preacher of War by Hughes-Hallett, Lucy

Gabriele d'Annunzio: Poet, Seducer, and Preacher of War

CHF 35.55
Gabriele d'Annunzio: Poet, Seducer, and Preacher of War by Hughes-Hallett, Lucy

Gabriele d'Annunzio: Poet, Seducer, and Preacher of War

CHF 35.55
Author: Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction
Winner of the Costa Biography Award
**Washington Post Best Books of 2013**
**Economist Best Books of 2013**

This fascinating life of Gabriele d'Annunzio--the charismatic poet, bon vivant, and virulent nationalist who prefigured Mussolini--traces the early twentieth century's trajectory from Romantic idealism to Fascist thuggery.

D'Annunzio was Italy's premier poet at a time when poetry could trigger riots. A brilliant self-publicist, he used his fame to sell his work, seduce women, and promote his extreme nationalism. At once an aesthete and a militarist, he enjoyed risking death no less than making love, and he wrote with equal enthusiasm about Fortuny gowns and torpedoes. In 1915 his incendiary oratory helped drive Italy into the First World War, and in 1919 he led a troop of mutineers into the Croatian port of Fiume, where he established a delinquent utopia. Futurists, anarchists, communists and proto-fascists descended on the place, along with literati and thrill-seekers, drug dealers and prostitutes. Three years later, when the fascists marched on Rome, they belted out anthems they'd learned in Fiume, while Mussolini consciously modeled himself on the great poet. Lucy Hughes-Hallett's compelling biography is a revelation both of d'Annunzio's flamboyant life and of the dramatic times he helped to shape.



Author: Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 05/06/2014
Pages: 608
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780307276551


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 06/22/2014 pg. 28

About the Author
Lucy Hughes-Hallett is an award-winning cultural historian and critic. She is the author of Heroes: A History of Hero Worship and Cleopatra: Histories, Dreams, and Distortions. She has written on books, theater, and television for most of the leading British newspapers. For five years she was the television critic for the Evening Standard and has long been a regular contributor to The Sunday Times (London) Books Section. She has judged a number of literary prizes, and she is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She lives in London.
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