A New Life of DanteUniversity of Exeter Press, 2000 - 249 pages This biography of Italy's foremost writer and thinker weaves into a single thread the life Dante's life and works. Dante is an intensely philosophical writer as well as a socio-political one, and these intimately connected aspects are kept constantly in view in the discussion of his writings. As well as his masterpiece the Divina Commedia, his other works are also given considerable attention. |
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BEATRICE AND THE VITA NUOVA 12831295 | 6 |
THE CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY 12901296 | 21 |
DANTE | 37 |
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