A comprehensive guide to Dante’s life and literature, with an emphasis on his <i>Commedia</i>. 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. <br /> <ul> <li style="list-style: none"><br /> </li> <li>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 <i>Commedia</i>; and the reception and appropriation of his work by later readers, from the fourteenth century to the present<br /> </li> <li>Written by an expert Dante scholar<br /> </li> <li>Provides new translations of substantial passages from Dante’s poems and from the world of his contemporaries<br /> </li> <li>Includes explanatory diagrams of Dante’s 'other-worlds', and a section of illustrations by medieval and modern artists<br /> </li> <li>Builds a vivid and complex picture of Dante's imagination, intellect and literary presence<br /> </li> <li>Helpful bibliographies include relevant web resources<br /> </li> </ul>
