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Barbero, Alessandro.
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Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Authors, Italian -- To 1500 -- Biography.
Italy -- History -- 1268-1492.
Italy -- Politics and government -- 1268-1559.
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Barbero, Alessandro.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Authors, Italian -- To 1500 -- Biography.
Italy -- History -- 1268-1492.
Italy -- Politics and government -- 1268-1559.
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Dante
: a life /
Alessandro
Barbero
; [translated] by Allan Cameron.
by
Barbero
,
Alessandro
.
Pegasus Books, 2022.
Call #:
921 D192b
Subjects
Dante
Alighieri, 1265-1321.
Dante
Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Authors, Italian -- To 1500 -- Biography.
Italy -- History -- 1268-1492.
Italy -- Politics and government -- 1268-1559.
ISBN:
9781643139135 (hc)
Uniform title:
Dante
.
English
Edition:
1st Pegasus Books cloth ed.
Description:
ix, 304 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published in Italian as
Dante
in 2020.
Translated from the Italian.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-292) and index.
Summary:
"
Dante
brings the legendary author-- and the medieval Italy of his era -- to vivid life, describing the political intrigue, battles, culture, and society that shaped his writing.
Dante
Alighieri's Divine Comedy has defined how people imagine and depict heaven and hell for over seven centuries. However, outside of Italy, his other works are not well known, and less still is generally known about the context he wrote them in. In
Dante
,
Barbero
brings the legendary author's Italy to life, describing the political intrigue, battles, city and society that shaped his life and work. The son of a shylock who dreams of belonging to the world of writers and nobles, we follow
Dante
into the dark corridors of politics where ideals are shattered by rampant corruption, and then into exile as he travels Italy and discovers the extraordinary color and variety of the countryside, the metropolises, and the knightly courts. This is a book by a serious scholar with real popular appeal, as evidenced by its bestseller ranking in Italy. It is a remarkable piece of forensic investigation into medieval Italian life."--Publisher.
Other authors:
Cameron, Allan, 1952-
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