description: In this volume, Jeremy Tambling has selected ten recent essays from the mass of Dante studies, and put the Divine Comedy - Dante's record of a journey to Hell, Purgatory and Paradise - into context for the modern reader. Topics such as Dante's allegory, his relationship to classical and modern poetry, his treatment of love and of sexuality, his attitudes to Florence and to his contemporary Italy, are explored and clarified through a selection of work by some of the best scholars in the field.This book provides students of English literature and Italian literature with the most comprehensive collection of important critical studies of Dante to date.
language: English
title: Dante
titlecomplete: Dante (Longman Critical Readers)
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publisher: Longman Pub Group