Dante : the story of his life /
Santagata, Marco,
Dante : the story of his life / Marco Santagata ; translated by Richard Dixon. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (485 pages)
"First published as Dante. Il romanzo della sua vita, by Arnoldo Mondadore Editore S.p.A., Milano, (c)2013"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Part One: Florence. Childhood (1265-1283) ; A strange Florentine (1283-1295) ; Municipal man (1295-1301) ; Condemned to the stake (1301-1302) -- Part Two: Exile. At war with Florence (1302-1304) ; Return to study and writing (1304-1306) ; The penitent (1306-1310) ; An emperor arrives (1310-1313) ; The prophet (1314-1315) ; Courtier (1316-1321) -- Appendix: Genealogical tables.
"Marco Santagata illuminates one of the world's supreme poets from many angles--philosopher, father, courtier, political partisan. He brings together a vast body of Italian scholarship on Dante's medieval world, untangles a complex web of family relationships for English readers, and shows the influence of local and regional politics on his writing."--Provided by publisher.
9780674969988
2015039151
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.
Poets, Italian--To 1500--Biography.
Electronic Books.
PQ4339 / .D368 2016
Dante : the story of his life / Marco Santagata ; translated by Richard Dixon. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (485 pages)
"First published as Dante. Il romanzo della sua vita, by Arnoldo Mondadore Editore S.p.A., Milano, (c)2013"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Part One: Florence. Childhood (1265-1283) ; A strange Florentine (1283-1295) ; Municipal man (1295-1301) ; Condemned to the stake (1301-1302) -- Part Two: Exile. At war with Florence (1302-1304) ; Return to study and writing (1304-1306) ; The penitent (1306-1310) ; An emperor arrives (1310-1313) ; The prophet (1314-1315) ; Courtier (1316-1321) -- Appendix: Genealogical tables.
"Marco Santagata illuminates one of the world's supreme poets from many angles--philosopher, father, courtier, political partisan. He brings together a vast body of Italian scholarship on Dante's medieval world, untangles a complex web of family relationships for English readers, and shows the influence of local and regional politics on his writing."--Provided by publisher.
9780674969988
2015039151
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.
Poets, Italian--To 1500--Biography.
Electronic Books.
PQ4339 / .D368 2016