Dante: The Divine Comedy

by Robin Kirkpatrick

Book Overview

In this accessible critical introduction to Dante's Divine Comedy Robin Kirkpatrick principally focuses on Dante as a poet and storyteller. He addresses important questions such as Dante's attitude towards Virgil, and demonstrates how an early work such as the Vita nuova is a principal source of the literary achievement of the Comedy. His detailed reading reveals how the great narrative poem explores the relationship that Dante believed to exist between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521539943
• ISBN13: 9780521539944
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 7.8"