Dante in love / A.N. Wilson.

Author/creator Wilson, A. N., 1950-
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon : Atlantic, 2011.
Descriptionxii, 386 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Sources.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Knowledge. --History.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Political and social views.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Relations with women.
Florence (Italy)--History. --To 1421.
Florence (Italy)--Intellectual life.
Italy--History. --476-1492.
Italy--Intellectual life. --1268-1559.

Contents Why this book has been written -- Rome -- Dante's Florence 1260 -- Gemma Donati and Beatrice Portinari -- Dante's education -- A new constitution for Florence and the Sicilian vespers -- Late teens, the dream -- A poet's apprenticeship -- The warrior who fought at Campaldino -- Death of Beatrice -- The consolation of philosophy -- The dark wood -- Dante and the painted word. Giotto at Padua -- The common tongue -- Medieval autobiography -- Dante in love with a woman in Casentino. The origins of The comedy -- Crown imperial -- Dante in love again with Beatrice -- Ravenna and Venice -- In paradisum -- Dante's afterlife.
Abstract The Divine Comedy resonates across five hundred years of our literary canon. In Dante in Love, A N Wilson presents a glittering study of an artist and his world, arguing that without an understanding of medieval Florence, it is impossible to comprehend the meaning of Dante's great poem.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 358-374) and index.
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