- Dante Alighieri - Wikipedia
It was in the name of this love that Dante left his imprint on the dolce stil nuovo ("sweet new style", a term that Dante himself coined), and he would join other contemporary poets and writers in exploring never-before-emphasized aspects of love
- Dante Alighieri | Biography, Poems, The Divine Comedy, Facts - Britannica
Dante (born c May 21–June 20, 1265, Florence [Italy]—died September 13 14, 1321, Ravenna) was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy)
- Dante Alighieri - World History Encyclopedia
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was an Italian poet and politician most famous for his Divine Comedy (c 1319) where he descends through Hell, climbs Purgatory, and arrives at the illumination of Paradise
- Dante: Biography, Medieval Italian Poet, The Divine Comedy
Dante was a Medieval Italian poet and philosopher whose poetic trilogy, 'The Divine Comedy,' made an indelible impression on both literature and theology
- Dante Alighieri | The Poetry Foundation
Italian poet and scholar Dante Alighieri is best known for his masterpiece La Commedia (known in English as The Divine Comedy), which is universally considered one of world literature’s greatest poems
- Dante Alighieri - Biography and Works. Search Texts, Read Online. Discuss.
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet wrote La Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy), his allegory of life and God as revealed to a pilgrim, written in terza rima; Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise), written between 1307 and 1321
- The World of Dante
Dante's Inferno, widely hailed as one of the great classics of Western literature, details Dante's journey through the nine circles of Hell The voyage begins during Easter week in the year 1300, the descent through Hell starting on Good Friday
- Dante Alighieri - Encyclopedia. com
T he poet Dante Alighieri (DAHN-tay al-eeg-YEER-ee; 1265–1321), usually referred to simply as Dante, is considered one of the greatest writers of all time—on a par with figures such as the Greek poet Homer (700s b c ) or the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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