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 Durante degli Alighieri , better known as Dante , (c. 1 June 1265 – 13/14 September 1321 ) was an Italian Florentine poet. His greatest work, La divina commedia ( The Divine Comedy ), is considered the greatest literary statement produced in Europe... 
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Dante Alighieri | | Birth Date: |
1265 | | Death Date: |
September 13, 1321 | | Place of Birth: |
Florence, Italy | | Place of Death: |
Ravenna, Italy | | Nationality: |
Italian | | Gender: |
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 Biography of Dante Alighieri
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 Considered the finest poet that Italy has ever produced, Dante is also celebrated as a major influence on western European culture. His masterpiece, La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy), is uni versally known as one of the greatest poems in world... summary from source:
 Biography of Dante Alighieri
2,416 words, approx. 8 pages
The Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) wrote "The Divine Comedy," the greatest poetic composition of the Christian Middle Ages and the first masterpiece of world literature written in a modern European vernacular. Dante lived in a restless age of...
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 Dante Alighieri Summary
1,292 words, approx. 4 pagesDANTE ALIGHIERI (1265–1321), Italian poet, theologian, and philosopher. Dante offered in his Commedia a "sacred poem" of enormous erudition and aesthetic power, which more than any other work of Christian literature merits the... summary from source:
 Dante Alighieri Summary
165 words, approx. 1 pages1265-1321 Italian poet who in his Divine Comedy (1308-21) popularized ideas on geometry and astronomy. Perhaps the most significant literary work of the later Middle Ages, the Divine Comedy is an allegory representing the poet's journey through... summary from source:
 Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) Summary
3,232 words, approx. 11 pagesDante Alighieri(1265–1321) Dante Alighieri, the author of the Divine Comedy, was born in Florence of a middle-class family with some pretensions to nobility. It is likely that he frequented the church schools, and he probably spent a year at the... summary from source:
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Dante Alighieri, or simply Dante (May 14/June 13 1265 – September 13/14[1], 1321), was an Italian poet from Florence. His central work, the Commedia (Divine Comedy), is considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a...
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 Italica Dante Alighieri. Inferno.(Book Review)
12/22/2003: 1,536 words, approx. 5 pages Dante Alighieri. Inferno. Trans. Robert and Jean Hollander, intro, and notes Robert Hollander. New York: Doubleday, 2000. Dante Alighieri. Purgatorio. Trans. Robert and Jean Hollander, intro, and notes Robert Hollander. New York: Doubleday, 2003. These two volumes of texts, translations, notes, and... summary from source:
First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life Dante: A Party of One.(medieval Italian poet Dante Alighieri)
04/01/1999: 5,144 words, approx. 17 pages Dante Alighieri, who lived from 1265-1321, created one of history's most profound poems when he wrote "The Divine Comedy." Dante was involved in Italian politics and wrote other works concerning romance, politics, and literature. "The Divine Comedy," however, reveals the deepest truths of human... summary from source:
 AP News Guard wounded at Benigni show in Italy
8/29/2007: 310 words, approx. 1 pagesRoberto Benigni was reciting a page from Dante's poem on love and the afterlife when he thought hell had come to Earth.Shots rang out Tuesday night as the Oscar-winning actor-director was performing in a piazza in the southern Italian city of Cosenza, police said.Upon hearing... summary from source:
greatreporter.com A Quiz on the 13th Century
10/8/2007: 298 words, approx. 1 pagesQuestion 1 of 10:Which order of monks was established in 1209 under the direction of a pacifist, nature-loving saint?The Benedictine The Franciscan The CistercianThe DominicanQuestion 2 of 10:Which unofficial ‘Crusade’ of 1212 led to the disappearance of its ‘fighters’ and inspired the story of the...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Joan M. Ferrante
8,451 words, approx. 28 pages
In the following essay, Ferrante explains in detail Dante's evolving notion of woman, beginning with Vita Nuova and continuing through Paradiso.
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Critical Essay by Renato Poggioli
7,371 words, approx. 25 pages
The following excerpt discusses the Paolo and Francesca episode in the Inferno. Poggioli's essay originally appeared in a longer form in the June 1957 issue of PMLA.
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Critical Essay by Robert Pogue Harrison
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In his essay, Harrison demonstrates that Guido's monologue in Inferno XXVII expresses Dante's comic world-view, in which earthly life is viewed as Hell.
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 Essay Grade: 88%Dante Alighieri
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Provides biographical detail on the life of Inferno author Dante Alighieri. Describes his early life in Florence, Italy. Explores the influences which led him to create The Divine Comedy. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 88%Dante Vs. Montaigne
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Essay compares and contrasts the literature of both authors. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 88%Dante Alighieri
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A biography of Dante Alighieri, explains his works as well as his life, upbringing, and much other content.
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