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Dante: A Very Short Introduction
Peter Hainsworth
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Description for Dante: A Very Short Introduction
Paperback. This Very Short Introduction examines all the major aspects of Dante's work, emphasizing the features that have made him such an important point of reference for modern writers and their readers. Exploring and explaining The Divine Comedy, they also discuss his life and poetry as well as issues of truth, humanity, politics, and religion. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, Approx 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 175 x 165 x 12. Weight in Grams: 116.
In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Hainsworth and David Robey take a different approach to Dante, by examining the main themes and issues that run through all of his work, ranging from autobiography, to understanding God and the order of the universe. In doing so, they highlight what has made Dante a vital point of reference for modern writers and readers, both inside and outside Italy. They emphasize the distinctive and dynamic interplay in Dante's writing between argument, ideas, and analysis on the one hand, and poetic imagination on the other. Dante was highly concerned with the political ... Read more
In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Hainsworth and David Robey take a different approach to Dante, by examining the main themes and issues that run through all of his work, ranging from autobiography, to understanding God and the order of the universe. In doing so, they highlight what has made Dante a vital point of reference for modern writers and readers, both inside and outside Italy. They emphasize the distinctive and dynamic interplay in Dante's writing between argument, ideas, and analysis on the one hand, and poetic imagination on the other. Dante was highly concerned with the political ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Very Short Introductions
Condition
New
Weight
115g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199684779
SKU
V9780199684779
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About Peter Hainsworth
Peter Hainsworth lectured in Italian at Hull and Kent Universities before moving to Oxford in 1979. He remained there until he retired in 2003. He has published widely on medieval and modern Italian literature, including Petrarch the Poet (Routledge, 1986). He reviews regularly for the Times Literary Supplement. David Robey lectured in Italian at Oxford University before becoming ... Read more
Reviews for Dante: A Very Short Introduction
The authors are much to be praised for not allowing the brevity of their volume to undermine or unjustly foreclose what Dante's text leaves to his reader'a judgement and sensibilities.
Fortean Times, Heather Webb
Swift-moving, decisive, sensitive and suggestive
The Manchester Review
The authors are much to be praised for not allowing the brevity of their ... Read more
Fortean Times, Heather Webb
Swift-moving, decisive, sensitive and suggestive
The Manchester Review
The authors are much to be praised for not allowing the brevity of their ... Read more