The Poets' Dante: Twentieth-Century Responses

Book Overview

Essays on the most celebrated Italian poet by eminent poets of the twentieth century "Perhaps confessions by poets, of what Dante has meant to them, may even contribute something to the appreciation... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374235368
• ISBN13: 9780374235369
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.5" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Dante forever

Tremendous stuff! Another way of viewing Dante is always welcome, but to be able to read what famous poets have to say abount Dante is SPECIAL!!!

Inspiring reflection on literature's power

Hawkins and Jacoff have compiled a volume that is crucial to Dante scholarship, which has never and never should be primarily about commentary. It's about the way Dante strikes us on a personal level, the way literature can influence and change our perspective and our thinking. Could you ever ask for a better chorus of voices! From T. S. Eliot to James Merrill, their inspirations will inspire anyone who has felt the power of literature in their lives.