Dante : the story of his life / Marco Santagata ; translated by Richard Dixon.

By:

Santagata, Marco

Language: English Original language: Italian Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2016Description: 485 pages ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780674504868 (alk. paper)

Uniform titles:

Dante. English

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

851/.1 23

LOC classification:

PQ4339 .S2613 2016

Contents:

Part One: Florence -- Childhood (1265-1283) -- A strange Florentine (1283-1295) -- Municipal man (1295-1301) -- Condemned to the stake (1301-1302) -- Part Two: Exile -- At war with Florence (1302-1304) -- Return to study and writing (1304-1306) -- The penitent (1306-1310) -- An emperor arrives (1310-1313) -- The prophet (1314-1315) -- Courtier (1316-1321).

Summary: "Marco Santagata illuminates one of the world's supreme poets from many angles--philosopher, father, courtier, political partisan. He brings together a vast body of Italian scholarship on Dante's medieval world, untangles a complex web of family relationships for English readers, and shows the influence of local and regional politics on his writing."--Provided by publisher.Translation of:: Santagata, Marco., Dante., Milano : Mondadori, 2012

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First published as Dante : il romanzo della sua vita. Milano : Arnoldo Mondadore Editore, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Marco Santagata illuminates one of the world's supreme poets from many angles--philosopher, father, courtier, political partisan. He brings together a vast body of Italian scholarship on Dante's medieval world, untangles a complex web of family relationships for English readers, and shows the influence of local and regional politics on his writing."--Provided by publisher.

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