The Path to Rome [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Belloc, Hilaire

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0140095306 ISBN 13: 9780140095302

Casa editrice: Penguin, 1985

Riassunto

The author describes his experiences walking from France to Rome at the turn of the century

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L'autore

Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953) was an Anglo-French writer and historian who became a naturalized British subject in 1902. He was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. He is most notable for his Catholic faith, which had a strong impact on most of his works and his writing collaboration with G. K. Chesterton. Belloc wrote on myriad subjects, from warfare to poetry to the many current topics of his day. He has been called one of the Big Four of Edwardian Letters, along with H.G.Wells, George Bernard Shaw, and G. K. Chesterton, all of whom debated each other into the 1930s. Belloc was closely associated with Chesterton, and Shaw coined the term Chesterbelloc for their partnership. Asked once why he wrote so much,] he responded, "Because my children are howling for pearls and caviar." Belloc observed that "The first job of letters is to get a canon," that is, to identify those works which a writer looks upon as exemplary of the best of prose and verse. For his own prose style, he claimed to aspire to be as clear and concise as "Mary had a little lamb." His best travel writing has secured a permanent following.

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Book by Belloc Hilaire

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 1985
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0140095306
• ISBN 13: 9780140095302
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile