A New Life of Dante
Publisher: University of Exeter Press
Published: June 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780859895842
Subjects: Biography: general; Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval; Historical - General; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Italian; Biography/Autobiography; Literary; Philosophers
First sentence: Dante Alighieri was born in medieval Florence into a family of the minor nobility who, like many of their kind, were of Guelph allegiance.
Description: This biography of Italy's foremost writer and thinker weaves into a single thread the whole of Dante's life and works. As well as his masterpiece the Divina Commedia, his other works are also given considerable attention.