A New Life of Dante (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for A New Life of Dante Dante is an intensely philosophical writer as well as a socio-political one. Providing a discussion of his writings, this biography focuses on his masterpiece the "Divina Commedia", as well as his other works. Of interest to students and to the curious and intelligent but non-specialist readers, it presents an account of Dante's life.
Full description- Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER PRESS
- Published: 28 February 2010
- Format: Paperback 272 pages
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- Categories: Biography: General | Biography: Historical, Political & Military | Biography: Literary | Poetry By Individual Poets | Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval | Literary Studies: Poetry & Poets | Medieval History
- ISBN 13: 9780859898454 ISBN 10: 0859898458
Full description for A New Life of Dante
This is the first new biography in English for nearly eighty years of Italy's foremost writer and thinker, and weaves into a single thread the whole of Dante's life and works. Dante is an intensely philosophical writer as well as a socio-political one, and both these intimately connected aspects are kept constantly in view in this extensive discussion of his writings. As well as his masterpiece the "Divina Commedia", his other works are also given considerable attention. The aim is to make an account of Dante's life accessible to students and to the curious and intelligent but non-specialist reader. All quotations are fully translated. This new edition has been fully revised and updated, including an updated bibliography.
