Dante in Love: The World's Greatest Poem and how it Made HistorySimon & Schuster, 2004 - 274 pages In the vein of "Brunelleschi's Dome" and "Galileo's Daughter, Dante in Love" is a geographic and spiritual re-creation of the poet's fugitive travels and the burst of creativity that produced the greatest poem ever written, "The Divine Comedy." |
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A Time Run by Dreamers and Their Dreams | 3 |
The Difference Between One Who Knows | 23 |
The Fearful Infant Whose Ravenous Hunger | 41 |
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