Gladstone and Dante: Victorian Statesman, Medieval Poet

by Anne Isba

Close examination of William Gladstone's engagement with Dante, and its effect upon his political and personal life.

From the point at which he first read the Commedia, at the age of twenty-four, William Gladstone was to consider Dante Alighieri one of the major influences in his life, on a par with Homer and St Augustine, and to identifyhimself strongly with the poet. Both were statesmen as well as scholars, for whom civic duty was more important...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0861932773
• ISBN13: 9780861932771
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Royal Historical Society
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.4"