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| Author / Creator: | Havely, N. R. |
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| Imprint: | Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2007. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 292 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Blackwell guides to literature Blackwell guides to literature. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12615642 |
| Summary: | 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.<br> <br> 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<br> Written by an expert Dante scholar<br> Provides new translations of substantial passages from Dante's poems and from the world of his contemporaries<br> Includes explanatory diagrams of Dante's 'other-worlds', and a section of illustrations by medieval and modern artists<br> Builds a vivid and complex picture of Dante's imagination, intellect and literary presence<br> Helpful bibliographies include relevant web resources<br> |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 292 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-280) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470690123 0470690127 9780470779873 047077987X 9780470766118 0470766115 9780631228523 0631228527 9780631228530 0631228535 |