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Winged words : flight in poetry and history

"Winged Words is Piero Boitani's aerial survey of humanity's fascination with flight as revealed in literature and history. By showing how writers and fliers have looked to the ancients for inspiration, Boitani testifies to the modern relevance of poetry and the classics."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2007
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University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill., 2007
Poetry
xiii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780226065618, 0226065618
74987827
Pegasus
Icarus
Hermes
Halcyons
Eagles
Musée des beaux arts
Night flights
2001: the mad flight
Originally published: Milano : Mondadori, ©2004, under title: Parole alate : voli nella poesia e nella storia da Omero all'11 settembre