Dante PDF
by Nick Havely
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Description
A comprehensive guide to Dante s life and literature, with an emphasis on his Commedia. This text looks at the influences that shaped Dante s writing, and the reception of his work by later readers, from the 14th century to the present.
- Introduces Dante through four main approaches: the context of his life and career; his literary and cultural traditions; key themes, episodes and passages in his own work, especially the Commedia; and the reception and appropriation of his work by later readers, from the fourteenth century to the present
- Written by an expert Dante scholar
- Provides new translations of substantial passages from Dante s poems and from the world of his contemporaries
- Includes explanatory diagrams of Dante s 'other-worlds', and a section of illustrations by medieval and modern artists
- Builds a vivid and complex picture of Dante's imagination, intellect and literary presence
- Helpful bibliographies include relevant web resources
Information
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Publisher:Wiley
- Publication Date:15/04/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9780470779873
Information
-
Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Publisher:Wiley
- Publication Date:15/04/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9780470779873
