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A New Life Of Dante is the first new biography in English, for nearly eighty years, of Italy's foremost writer and thinker. It weaves into a single narrative thread the whole of Dante's life and works. Beginning with his early activity as a lyric poet and his political career in Florence,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bemrose, Stephen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Exeter : University of Exeter Press, 2000
Exeter, UK : 2000
Exeter : 2000
Subjects:
Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321
To 1500
Authors, Italian > To 1500 > Biography
Poets, Italian > To 1500 > Biography
Poets, Italian
Biographies
Biography
Table of Contents:
  • A List of Dante's Works, and the Editions Used in this Book
  • Guelph and Ghibelline, a Prefatory Note
  • 1 A Florentine Childhood (1265-1283)
  • 2. Beatrice and the Vita Nuova (1283-1295)
  • 3. The Consolation of Philosophy (1290-1296)
  • 4. Guilds and Government: Dante the Politician (1295-1300)
  • 5. Boniface VIII and the Black Coup (1300-1302)
  • 6. Early Exile (1302-1304)
  • 7. A One-Man Party (1304-1308)
  • 8. The Sacred Poem: A Survey of the Divine Comedy (1308-1321)
  • 9. Henry VII and Dante's Imperial Dream (1308-1313)
  • 10. The Gentleman of Verona (1312-1318)
  • 11. Ravenna (1318-1321).
  • Guelph and Ghibelline, a Prefatory Note
  • A Florentine Childhood (1265-1283)
  • Beatrice and the Vita Nuova (1283-1295)
  • Early Influences: The Medieval Lyric; Brunetto Latini; the Roman Poets
  • The Detto d'Amore and the Fiore
  • From Bologna to Caprona
  • Beatrice
  • The Vita Nuova
  • The Consolation of Philosophy (1290-1296)
  • Boethius and Cicero
  • Aristotelianism and the Friars
  • Dante's Earliest Philosophical Poems
  • The Tenzone with Forese
  • The Rime Petrose
  • Charles Martel
  • Guilds and Government: Dante the Politician (1295-1300)
  • The Florentine Political System
  • Giano della Bella's Reforms
  • Dante's Political Debut
  • Guelphs and Guelphs
  • Dante in the Jubilee Year
  • Boniface VIII and the Black Coup (1300-1302)
  • Dante's Last Months in Florence
  • Boniface and Celestine
  • Boniface, Charles de Valois and Florence
  • The Coup and its Aftermath
  • Early Exile (1302-1304)
  • Dante in Tuscany, Forli and Verona
  • The De Vulgari Eloquentia
  • The Poems of Righteousness
  • Boniface and Philip IV
  • Dante's Break with the Whites
  • A One-Man Party (1304-1308)
  • Cino da Pistoia and the Malaspina
  • The Convivio: Book I
  • Convivio II
  • Convivio III
  • Convivio IV
  • The Casentino: Dante's last canzone
  • Lucca
  • The Sacred Poem: A Survey of the Divine Comedy (1308-1321)
  • Preliminaries
  • The Lost People
  • The Saved Spirits
  • The Dancing Lights
  • Henry VII and Dante's Imperial Dream (1308-1313)
  • A New Emperor
  • Henry's Descent and Dante's Fifth Letter
  • Guelph and Ghibelline, a Prefatory Note xix
  • 1 A Florentine Childhood (1265-1283) 1
  • 2 Beatrice and the Vita Nuova (1283-1295) 6
  • (i) Early Influences: The Medieval Lyric; Brunetto Latini; the Roman Poets 6
  • (ii) The Detto d'Amore and the Fiore 11
  • (iii) From Bologna to Caprona 13
  • (iv) Beatrice 16
  • (v) The Vita Nuova 17
  • 3 The Consolation of Philosophy (1290-1296) 21
  • (i) Boethius and Cicero 21
  • (ii) Aristotelianism and the Friars 24
  • (iii) Dante's Earliest Philosophical Poems 29
  • (iv) The Tenzone with Forese 31
  • (v) The Rime Petrose 33
  • (vi) Charles Martel 35
  • 4 Guilds and Government: Dante the Politician (1295-1300) 37
  • (i) The Florentine Political System 37
  • (ii) Giano della Bella's Reforms 39
  • (iii) Dante's Political Debut 41
  • (iv) Guelphs and Guelphs 43
  • (v) Dante in the Jubilee Year 47
  • 5 Boniface VIII and the Black Coup (1300-1302) 51
  • (i) Dante's Last Months in Florence 51
  • (ii) Boniface and Celestine 53
  • (iii) Boniface, Charles de Valois and Florence 55
  • (iv) The Coup and its Aftermath 60
  • 6 Early Exile (1302-1304) 64
  • (i) Dante in Tuscany, Forli and Verona 64
  • (ii) The De Vulgari Eloquentia 67
  • (iii) The Poems of Righteousness 75
  • (iv) Boniface and Philip IV 77
  • (v) Dante's Break with the Whites 81
  • 7 A One-Man Party (1304-1308) 84
  • (i) Cino da Pistoia and the Malaspina 85
  • (ii) The Convivio: Book I 89
  • (iii) Convivio II 93
  • (iv) Convivio III 97
  • (v) Convivio IV 101
  • (vi) The Casentino: Dante's last canzone 109
  • (vii) Lucca 111
  • 8 The Sacred Poem: A Survey of the Divine Comedy (1308-1321) 113
  • (i) Preliminaries 113
  • (ii) The Lost People 114
  • (iii) The Saved Spirits 139
  • (iv) The Dancing Lights 156
  • 9 Henry VII and Dante's Imperial Dream (1308-1313) 173
  • (i) A New Emperor 173
  • (ii) Henry's Descent and Dante's Fifth Letter 176
  • (iii) The Milan Coronation: Dante's Letters from Poppi 179
  • (iv) Henry's Foes: Florence, Clement and Robert 182
  • (v) After the Emperor's Death 186
  • 10 The Gentleman of Verona (1312-1318) 189
  • (i) Dante and the Cardinals: The Eleventh Letter 190
  • (ii) Uguccione, Florence and Dante's Twelfth Letter 191
  • (iii) The Can Grande Letter 195
  • (iv) The Monarchia 199
  • 11 Ravenna (1318-1321) 207
  • (i) The Quaestio de aqua et terra 209
  • (ii) The Eclogues 211
  • (iii) The Mission to Venice; Dante's Death 216

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