Here Auerbach, thought by many to be the greatest of twentieth-century scholar-critics, makes the seemingly paradoxical claim that it is in the poetry of Dante, supreme among religious poets, and above all in the stanzas of his Divine ...
statistical reasons (this will be equally true of Dante's children when it is the moment to speak of them). Born when his father was already over forty, Dante most probably had survived more than one older brother – who would not have ...
This book, first published in 1996, was the first new translation for forty years of a fascinating work of political theory.
This edition includes a translation (by F.J. Church) of Dante's essay Monarchy. Includes a gallery of art featuring Dante Alighieri, a list of contents of De Monarchia, and extensive footnotes. 256pp. www.crmoon.com
It had taken her weeks and weeks not to look at her son and see the man who'd once been her lover. She was not going to permit the events of one day to start her on that path again. Carefully she lowered her baby into his crib, ...
Can Dante put his fears aside and succeed on the cross-country course? Narrated from Dante’s point of view, this is a story that animal lovers will cherish.
His knowledge of Dante and enthusiasm for his vision make him an expert guide for the willing reader. For over seven centuries, Dante and his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, have held a special place in Western culture.
An authoritative and comprehensive intellectual biography of the author of the Divine Comedy For all that has been written about the author of the Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) remains the best guide to his own life and work.
A biography of the great medieval Italian poet and historian examines his life from his youth in Florence to his creation of "The Divine Comedy," his masterful allegorical poem of redemption and self-discovery.
Mazzocco, A. (1993), Linguistic Theories in Dante and the Humanists: Studies of Language and Intellectual History in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Italy (Leiden, New York and Cologne). Mazzotta, G. (1979), Dante, Poet of the ...
The origin story of Dante and his rise from young aspirant to the mighty Chapter Master of the Blood Angels. Dante is Chapter Master of one of the noblest but most troubled Chapters of Space Marines in the Imperium: the Blood Angels.
... Dante's plurilingualism in the Comedy; however, it is my contention that this cannot be separated from the poet's other concerns. Dante's struggle with language is rarely fought in a purely literary or theoretical arena. He is the ...
Throughout Freccero operates on the fundamental premise that there is always an intricate and crucial dialectic at work between Dante the poet and Dante the pilgrim. -- from cover.
The essays in this volume probe current critical assumptions about the celebrated Italian poet, literary theorist, moral philosopher, political theorist.
Details the life and times of the Italian author, poet and historian known as the famous son of Florence, Italy.
* Dante is a much-published author, and in this seventh centenary year of his death, many volumes will be added to the bibliography* An accessible engagement with the visual iconography of the poet himself and of the diverse illustrations ...
... Dante's Vision and the Circle of Knowledge which explores 'Dante's radical claims about poetry as nothing less than the foundation of all possible knowledge' (p. 1). He claims that Dante works with history, and writes a poetic ...
... Dante's first daughter we know of, because he doesn't appear to have been a devotee of either St Anthony the Great, whose order he mentions disparagingly in Canto XXIX of Paradise, or St Anthony of Padua, who never gets a mention ...
DANTE: HIS TIMES AND HIS WORK By Arthur John Butler An introduction to the life, times and work of Dante Alighieri, the great Italian poet.
Dante: His Life, His Times, His Works