A biography of thirteenth-century Italian poet-historian Dante Alighieri, discussing his youth, his days as a soldier, his civic leadership, and his years of exile from Florence.
Presents biographical information on thirteenth-century Italian poet Dante Alighieri and profiles five of his works, providing thematic analysis and excerpts of criticism; also includes primary and secondary bibliographies.
A collection of writings by Dante Alighieri, including complete verse translations of his two masterworks, "The Divine Comedy" and "La Vita Nuova", plus a complete bibliography, notes and an introduction by Mark Musa.
In 1865 Boston, an elite group of American Dante scholars, including Oliver Wendell Holmes and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is called upon to solve a series of murders inspired by scenes in Dante's "Inferno.".
A study of Dante's "Commedia," discussing the works in the context of the author's uncertain public career and as the result of his evolving thought and poetic practice.