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Biography

Name: Sordello
Birth Date: c. 1180
Death Date: c. 1269
Place of Birth: Mantua, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Gender: Male
Occupations: poet, troubador

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Biography of Sordello
1,155 words, approx. 4 pages
Few facts are known about the family background of the Italian troubadour and poet known as Sordello (ca. 1180-1269) and some of what comes down to us is wrapped in contradiction. In spite of this sketchy knowledge, he is a recognized hero and the...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Sordello Information
397 words, approx. 1 pages
Sordello or Sordel was a 13th-century Lombard troubadour, born in the municipality of Goito in the province of Mantua. He is perhaps best remembered for the praise heaped on him by other poets: he is praised by Dante Alighieri in the De vulgari...


News and Journals
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Wireless News
TiVO CFO Steve Sordello Resigns
06/23/2007: 294 words, approx. 1 pages
Wireless News 06-23-2007 TiVO CFO Steve Sordello Resigns WIRELESS NEWS-June 23, 2007-TiVO CFO Steve Sordello Resigns (C)2007 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com TiVo announced that Steve Sordello, has announced his resignation as chief financial officer. Sordello will be leaving TiVo to become the chief...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by M. A. Dunne
8,657 words, approx. 29 pages
In the following essay, Dunne contrasts three views of the character of Sordello—as revealed by a Provençal chronicler, by Dante in his Purgatorio, and by Browning in his poem Sordello—proposing that "the real Sordello lives in no one of the three."
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Critical Essay by Teodolinda Barolini
6,943 words, approx. 23 pages
In the following essay, Barolini attempts to illuminate Sordello's stature in Dante's Purgatorio by comparing his position with that of another figure in the work, Provençal troubadour Bertran de Born.
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Critical Essay by C. M. Bowra
6,799 words, approx. 23 pages
Bowra, an English critic and literary historian, was considered among the foremost classical scholars of the first half of the twentieth century. He also wrote extensively on modern literature, particularly modern European poetry, in studies noted for their erudition, lucidity, and straightforward style. In the following essay, he argues against the theory that Dante, by placing Sordello in Purgatory, characterized the troubadour as among the negligent rulers. Proposing that Sordello's placement in ...
 


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