Lorenzo Da Ponte Poet and Adventurer / Joseph Louis Russo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russo, Joseph Louis, author.

Series:

Columbia University Studies in Romance Philology and Literature

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1922]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Studies the life of Lorenzo Da Ponte as a poet, but also a teacher, and one of the foremost pioneers of Italian culture in the United States.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

I. YOUTH AND EARLY ADVENTURES

II. POET AND LIBERTINE

III. HOW DA PONTE BECAME A LIBRETTIST

IV. GLORY AND DOWNFALL

V. DA PONTE'S LONDON CAREER

VI. IN AMERICA

APPENDIX

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88582-2

OCLC:

1100429464