Dante: The Divine Comedy

Klappentext In this accessible introduction to Dante's Divine Comedy Kirkpatrick principally focuses on Dante as a poet and storyteller. Zusammenfassung In this accessible introduction to Dante's Divine Comedy Kirkpatrick principally focuses on Dante as a poet and storyteller. He addresses important questions such as Dante's attitude towards Virgil! and demonstrates how an early work such as the Vita nuova is a principal source of the literary achievement of the Comedy. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of abbreviations; Chronology; 1. Change, vision and language: the early works and Inferno Canto Two; 3. The Divine Comedy; 4. After Dante; Guide to further reading.

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• Authors: Dante Alighieri, Robin Kirkpatrick, Robin (Robinson College Kirkpatrick
• Assisted by: Robin Kirkpatrick (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.01.2004
• EAN: 9780521539944
• ISBN: 978-0-521-53994-4
• No. of pages: 130
• Series: Landmarks of World Literature; Landmarks of World Literature (New) S.; Landmarks of World Literature (New); Landmarks of World Literature; Landmarks of World Literature (New)
• Subjects: Education and learning > Readings/interpretations/reading notes; Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies