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| Name: |
Dante Alighieri | | Birth Date: |
1265 | | Death Date: |
September 13, 1321 | | Place of Birth: |
Florence, Italy | | Place of Death: |
Ravenna, Italy | | Nationality: |
Italian | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
poet |
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 Biography of Dante Alighieri
2,947 words, approx. 10 pages
 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 Quotes
3,014 words, approx. 10 pages
 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
6,399 words, approx. 21 pages(born &circa; May 21–June 20, 1265, Florence, Italy—died Sept. 13/14, 1321, Ravenna) Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later... summary from source:
 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)
232 words, approx. 1 pages(born &circa; May 21–June 20, 1265, Florence—died Sept. 13/14, 1321, Ravenna) Italian poet. Dante was of noble ancestry, and his life was shaped by the conflict between papal and imperial partisans (the Guelfs and Ghibellines). When an... summary from source:
 Dante Alighieri Information
4,023 words, approx. 13 pages
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: 1,538 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,... 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: 5,145 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:
The New York Observer Snark: The First 2,000 Years
1/11/2006: 1,563 words, approx. 5 pagesAs you may have been able to tell from The New York Times' diabetes series (following its series on gold), it's Pulitzer season and everyone's trying to jump on the multi-part bandwagon. Even MarketWatch's Jon Friedman is bringing out the big guns with a three-parter...
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
6,040 words, approx. 20 pages
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
1,508 words, approx. 5 pages
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
1,122 words, approx. 4 pages
Essay compares and contrasts the literature of both authors. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 88%Dante Alighieri
998 words, approx. 3 pages
A biography of Dante Alighieri, explains his works as well as his life, upbringing, and much other content.
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