Dante - by John Took (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>An authoritative and comprehensive intellectual biography of the author of the <i>Divine Comedy</i></b> <p/>For all that has been written about the author of the <i>Divine Comedy</i>, Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) remains the best guide to his own life and work. Dante's writings are therefore never far away in this authoritative and comprehensive intellectual biography, which offers a fresh account of the medieval Florentine poet's life and thought before and after his exile in 1302. <p/>Beginning with the often violent circumstances of Dante's life, the book examines his successive works as testimony to the course of his passionate humanity: his lyric poetry through to the <i>Vita nova</i> as the great work of his first period; the <i>Convivio</i>, <i>De vulgari eloquentia</i> and the poems of his early years in exile; and the <i>Monarchia</i> and the <i>Commedia</i> as the product of his maturity. Describing as it does a journey of the mind, the book confirms the nature of Dante's undertaking as an exploration of what he himself speaks of as maturity in the flame of love. <p/>The result is an original synthesis of Dante's life and work.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Powerful new readings.<b>---Peter Hainsworth, <i>Times Literary Supplement</i></b><br><br>Took captures passionately and in meticulous detail the intellectual journeying Dante took in becoming one of the great portrait artists of the human condition. . . . This is a love letter magisterially crafted, eloquently rendered.<b>---Rachel Moss, <i>Times Higher Education</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>John Took</b> is Professor Emeritus of Dante Studies at University College London. His books include <i>L'Etterno Piacer: Aesthetic Ideas in Dante</i> and <i>Dante, Lyric Poet and Philosopher: An Introduction to the Minor Works.</i>
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