Dante : the poet, the political thinker, the man /: the poet, the political thinker, the man. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Barbara Reynolds.
• Other Names: Reynolds, Barbara, 1914-2015
• Contents: List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. The Early Years2. Dante and Guido Cavalcanti3. Disaster4. The First Years of Exile5. Language and Poetry6. Invitation to a Banquet7. Main Dishes and Trenchers8. The True Definition of Nobility9. Injustice and Avarice10. Dante the Showman11. The Return of Beatrice12. The Story Begins13. Limbo14. Francesca da Rimini15. Dante in Danger16. Dante the Taxonomist17. Creation of Character.18. Down into the Depths19. 'Him of Alagna'20. Virgil and Sorcery21. Devil-Play22. A Den of Thieves23. Tongues of Fire24. The Severed Head25. The Valley of Disease26. Towering Giants27. The Frozen Lake28. Lucifer29. The Tragedy of Henry VII30. Better Waters31. The Morning Sun32. From Humour to Invective33. Close of Day and a New Dawn34. Pride and Humility35. Evil and the Freedom of the Will36. Love, Natural and Rational37. The Mountain Trembles38. Dante and Forese Donati39. Body and Soul40. The Christian Sibyl41. Who is Matilda?42. Dante and hisPatrons43. Prelude to Paradiso44. Beatrice in Heaven45. Propaganda in Paradiso46. The City Walls47. Justice Unfathomed48. Dante and Monasticism49. The Theme's Great Weight50. Faith, Hope and Love51. Hatred in Heaven52. The Creation53. The Departure of Beatrice54. Approach to the Final Vision55. The Vision of the TrinityEpilogueAppendicesChronology of Dante's Life and WorksGuelfs and GhibellinesList of Popes in Dante's LifetimeHoly Roman Emperors Referred to by DanteThe CanzoneNotesSelect Index.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (480 pages)
• Subjects: 851.1; Poets, Italian -- To 1500 -- Biography; Italian poetry -- To 1400 -- History and criticism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857733115; 0857733117
• Related ISBNs: 9781780767260
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