Dante's Divine Comedy: A Biography

by Joseph Luzzi

The life and times of Dante's soaring poetic allegory of the soul's redemptive journey toward God

Written during his exile from Florence in the early 1300s, Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy describes the poet's travels through hell, purgatory, and paradise, exploring the state of the human soul after death. His sacro poema, sacred poem, profoundly influenced Renaissance writers and artists such as Giovanni Boccaccio and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691156778
• ISBN13: 9780691156774
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 232 Pages