A01=Dante Alighieri
Author_Dante Alighieri
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Product details
- ISBN 9780393044720
- Weight: 923g
- Dimensions: 147 x 218mm
- Publication Date: 01 Apr 1977
- Publisher: WW Norton & Co
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Described as the "fifth gospel" because of its evangelical purpose, this spiritual autobiography creates a world in which reason and faith have transformed moral and social chaos into order. It is one of the most important works in the literature of Western Europe and is considered the greatest poem of the European Middle Ages.
Dante Alighieri was born in 1265 in Florence to a family of minor nobility. He entered into Florentine politics in 1295, but he and his party were forced into exile in a hostile political climate in 1301. Taking asylum in Ravenna late in life, Dante completed his Divine Commedia, considered one of the most important works of Western literature, before his death in 1321.
