Understanding Dante (ND Devers Series Dante & Med. Ital. Lit.)
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (786 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0268044511 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 504 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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then this is the best book to start with If you want to learn more about Dante, then this is the best book to start with. This book covers every book Dante has written with great detail. This is a must buy for anyone who wants to learn more about Dante. Buy it.
. The next five chapters concentrate on Dante's masterpiece, the Comedy: its structure, Dante's worldview (still relevant today), and the Comedy examined as a poem. It is above all as a work of poetry that the Divine Comedy maintains its appeal and fascination to readers of all backgrounds and beliefs. Written in perfectly lucid, often vigorous prose, it is a nearly perfect assessment of the status quaestionis in Dante studies." —Piero Boitani, University of Rome, "La Sapienza" "Dante and Shakespeare divide the modern world between them; there is no third."&nb
Genuinely impressive for the amount of information it provides and for its sensitive analysis of Dante's writings, this book is obviously the distillation of decades of dedicated study and teaching by one of the giants of world literature. The concise, lucid, and elegant prose does justice to its subject and makes it a book that will enrich any library and any reader. "Scott, a leading Dante scholar, has written a useful, comprehensive book that will appeal to a broad audience. Essential."