Poetry of Dante

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. The Young Dante and the Dante of the Comedy 3. The Structure and Poetry of the Comedy 4. The Inferno 5. The Purgatorio 6. The Paradiso 7. The Character and Unity of Dante’s Poetry 8. Historical Survey of Dantean Criticism

About the author

Benedetto Croce

Summary

Originally published in 1922 and partly from periodicals this book provides a methodological introduction to the reading of Dante’s The Divine Comedy, with the aim of removing the confusion surrounding much Dantean literature and helping the reader to focus attention on the essential qualities of Dante’s work.

Product details

• Authors: Benedetto Croce
• Assisted by: Douglas Ainslie (Translation), Ainslie Douglas (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9780367141585
• ISBN: 978-0-367-14158-5
• No. of pages: 324
• Series: Collected Works; Benedetto Croce: Collected Works
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Business & Economics / General, PHILOSOPHY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian, POETRY / Medieval, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary theory, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets