Love Poems

Informationen zum Autor Dante Alighieri Klappentext Dante is known to most readers outside Italy for his gritty descriptions of the Inferno, but there is another, gentler side to his poetry, which found expression throughout his career in verses that made him, together with his friend Guido Cavalcanti, the leading love poet of his generation. From the ballads and rime of his youth to the heart-rending lyrics written on the death of Beatrice and the more sober, philosophical canzoni of his later years, this volume provides the only English edition of the great Florentine's complete love poems, in brilliant verse translations by Dante specialists J.G. Nichols and Anthony Mortimer. Vorwort Only English edition of the great Florentine's complete love poems, in brilliant verse translations by Dante specialists J.G. Nichols and Anthony Mortimer. Zusammenfassung This volume provides the only English edition of the great Florentine's complete love poems, in brilliant verse translations by Dante specialists J.G. Nichols and Anthony Mortimer. It includes lyrics from Vita Nuova, Rime and Convivio

Product details

• Authors: Dante Alighieri
• Assisted by: Anthony Mortimer (Translation), J. G. Nichols (Translation), J.G. Nichols (Translation)
• Publisher: Alma Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2017
• EAN: 9781847496881
• ISBN: 978-1-84749-688-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 116 mm x 188 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; POETRY / Medieval, Poetry by individual poets