Dante The Story of His Life

A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year A Marginal Revolution Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year A Seminary Co-op Notable Book of the Year A Times Higher Education Book of the WeekA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearMarco Santagata's Dante: The Story of His Life illuminates one of the world's supreme poets from many angles-writer, philosopher, father, courtier, political partisan. Santagata brings together a vast body of Italian scholarship on Dante's medieval world, untangles a complex web of family and political relationships for English readers, and shows how the composition of the Commedia was influenced by local and regional politics."Reading Marco Santagata's fascinating new biography, the reader is soon forced to acknowledge that one of the cornerstones of Western literature [The Divine Comedy], a poem considered sublime and universal, is the product of vicious factionalism and packed with local scandal."-Tim Parks, London Review of Books"This is a wonderful book. Even if you have not read Dante you will be gripped by its account of one of the most extraordinary figures in the history of literature, and one of the most dramatic periods of European history. If you are a Dantean, it will be your invaluable companion forever."-A. N. Wilson, The Spectator

ISBN:	9780674984066
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Imprint:	The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Published date:	25 May 2018
DEWEY:	851.1
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	496
Weight:	706g
Height:	159mm
Width:	248mm
Spine width:	37mm

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