Dante and English Poetry: Shelley to T. S. Eliot

by Steve Ellis

Book Overview

This book is a history of the influence of Dante on English poetry. The focus us not primarily upon stylistic influences or attempts to imitate Dante's manner of writing, but rather on the different guises in which the enormous presence of Dante has made itself felt, and how that presence has affected some of the central concerns of the poets in question. The poets considered are Shelley, Byron, Browning, Rossetti, Yeats, Pound and Eliot. In addition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521128668
• ISBN13: 9780521128667
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"