Dante

Dante
Author: Alessandro Barbero
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2022-01-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1643139142

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.

Winterhawk's Land

Winterhawk's Land
Author: Michael Dante
Publisher:
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2021-07-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781629336626

The release of 'Winterhawk's Land - Collector's Edition' in hardcover, is a special offering of the original novella (2017) to include a beautiful poem written by fan and friend Karen Downes. Karen wrote this poem about the Blackfoot Chief Winterhawk, a noble and spiritual character from the 1975 classic film, Winterhawk. The title role of Winterhawk, played by me, made such an impression on Karen, it inspired her to write a poem that expressed the effect the character had on her. This special Collector's Edition is an enduring tribute to the dignity and commitment this leader had for his land and his People. 

Critical Companion to T. S. Eliot

Critical Companion to T. S. Eliot
Author: Russell Murphy
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 625
Release: 2007
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 1438108559

Best known for his works "The Waste Land", "Four Quartets", and "The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock," T S Eliot is one of the most popular 20th-century poets studied in high school and college English classes. This work explores the life and works of this amazing Nobel Prize-winning writer, with analyses of Eliot's writing.

Dante Encyclopedia

Dante Encyclopedia
Author: Richard Lansing
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 2067
Release: 2010-09-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 1136849718

Available for the first time in paperback, this essential resource presents a systematic introduction to Dante's life and works, his cultural context and intellectual legacy. The only such work available in English, this Encyclopedia: brings together contemporary theories on Dante, summarizing them in clear and vivid prose provides in-depth discussions of the Divine Comedy, looking at title and form, moral structure, allegory and realism, manuscript tradition, and also taking account of the various editions of the work over the centuries contains numerous entries on Dante's other important writings and on the major subjects covered within them addresses connections between Dante and philosophy, theology, poetics, art, psychology, science, and music as well as critical perspective across the ages, from Dante's first critics to the present.

Dante's Divine Comedy: A Retelling in Prose

Dante's Divine Comedy: A Retelling in Prose
Author: David Bruce
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2024-03-31
Genre: Poetry
ISBN:

"Dante's Divine Comedy: A Retelling in Prose" by David Bruce offers a modern interpretation of Dante Alighieri's epic poem, presenting the timeless journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise in a clear and accessible prose format. Bruce's retelling preserves the essence and depth of Dante's original work while making it more approachable for contemporary readers. Through vivid descriptions and engaging narrative, readers are guided through Dante's intricate exploration of sin, redemption, and the human condition. As Dante navigates the depths of Hell, climbs the slopes of Purgatory, and ascends through the spheres of Paradise, Bruce skillfully captures the philosophical and theological themes of the Divine Comedy, inviting readers to contemplate their own spiritual journey and the nature of salvation.

T. S. Eliot, Dante, and the Idea of Europe

T. S. Eliot, Dante, and the Idea of Europe
Author: Paul Douglass
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2011-05-25
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1443830542

T. S. Eliot greatly enhanced Dante's profound influence on European literature. The essays in this volume explore Dante's importance through a focus on Eliot. Probing the questions what Eliot made of Dante, and what Dante meant to Eliot, the essays here assess the legacy of modernism by engaging its "classicist" roots, covering a wide spectrum of topics stemming from Dante's relevance to the poetry and criticism of Eliot. The essays reflect on Eliot's aesthetic, philosophical, and religious convictions in relation to Dante, his influence upon literary modernism through his embracing and championing of the Florentine, and his desire to promote European unity. The first section of the book deals with aesthetic and philosophical issues related to Eliot's engagement with Dante, beginning with Jewel Spears Brooker's masterful essay on the concepts of immediate experience and primary consciousness in Eliot's work, and moving on to essays considering his idea of a "unified sensibility," as well as Eliot's engagement with Hindu-Buddhist and Christian themes and motifs. The second part of the book focuses on Dante's importance to Eliot's founding work in the modernist movement. In what ways did Dante directly and indirectly influence the exemplary path that Eliot blazed for his contemporaries, especially Ezra Pound? How early did Dante's influence show itself in Eliot's work? Why was he unable to complete the great trilogy he seems to have sought to write, based on Dante's Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso? These questions and their answers lead to the book's final section, which considers Eliot's (and Dante's) role in the formation of a twentieth-century concept of Europe. Incisive essays on Eliot's varied sources of "tradition" in his attempt to promote the idea of a European union and his anxiety over the heritage of Romanticism are capped by a magisterial contribution from Dominic Manganiello showing precisely how Eliot's reformulation of the Dantesque "European Epic" continues to influence the work of Anglo-European and Commonwealth writers.

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri
Author: Paget Jackson Toynbee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 378
Release: 1910
Genre: Poets, Italian
ISBN:

Critical Companion to Dante

Critical Companion to Dante
Author: Jay Ruud
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 577
Release: 2008
Genre: Dante Alighieri
ISBN: 1438108419

Dante Alighieri is one of the greatest poets in world history. His brilliant epic, "The Divine Comedy", an imagined journey through Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory, continues to captivate readers. This work provides an information on his life and work. It covers Dante's canon, including his love poems in "La Vita Nuova" and his philosophical works.

Dante Philomythes and Philosopher

Dante Philomythes and Philosopher
Author: Patrick Boyde
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 424
Release: 1981
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780521273909

This book is devoted to a full and lucid exposition of Boyde's ideas. In the first two parts, the author presents a systematic account of the universe as Dante accepted it, and explains the processes of 'creation' and 'generation' as they operate in the non-human parts of the cosmos. Dr Boyde then shows how the two processes combine in Dante's theory of human embryology, and how this combination affects the issues of love, choice and freedom. The third and last part of the book consolidates these expository sections with a generous selection of quotations from Dante's authorities and from his own works in prose. At the same time, the book offers far more than a clear account of Dante's cosmology and anthropology. Dr Boyde is interested in Dante's ideas in so far as they inspired and gave shape to the Divine Comedy. Furthermore, in every chapter he demonstrates how the relevant concepts and habits of thought were transmuted into imagery, symbolism, and dramatic scenes, or simply transformed by the energy and concision of Dante's poetic style.

Dante's Divine Comedy in Plain and Simple English (Translated)

Dante's Divine Comedy in Plain and Simple English (Translated)
Author: Dante Alighieri
Publisher: BookCaps Study Guides
Total Pages: 881
Release: 2013-02-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1621074919

Taking a literary journey through hell certainly sounds intriguing enough--and it is! If you can understand it! If you don't understand it, then you are not alone. If you have struggled in the past reading the ancient classic, then BookCaps can help you out. This book is a modern translation with a fresh spin. The original text is also presented in the book, along with a comparable version of the modern text. We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.