{"product_id":"9780631228523","title":"Dante","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Blackwell Guides to Literature\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eDante\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNick Havely\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ European \/ Italian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive guide to Dante's life and literature, with an emphasis on his \u003ci\u003eCommedia\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis text looks at the influences that shaped Dante's writing, and the reception of his work by later readers, from the 14th century to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces Dante through four main approaches: the context of his life and career; his literary and cultural traditions; key themes, episodes and passages in his own work, especially the \u003ci\u003eCommedia\u003c\/i\u003e; and the reception and appropriation of his work by later readers, from the fourteenth century to the present\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by an expert Dante scholar\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides new translations of substantial passages from Dante’s poems and from the world of his contemporaries\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes explanatory diagrams of Dante’s 'other-worlds', and a section of illustrations by medieval and modern artists\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBuilds a vivid and complex picture of Dante's imagination, intellect and literary presence\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHelpful bibliographies include relevant web resources\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eNick Havely\u003c\/b\u003e has taught courses on Dante and on medieval literature for over thirty years at the University of York. His published work on Italian trecento poetry began with a volume of translations: \u003ci\u003eChaucer's Boccaccio: Sources for Troilus and the Knight's and Franklin's Tales\u003c\/i\u003e (1980; reissued 1992) and includes \u003ci\u003eDante's Modern Afterlife: Reception and Response from Blake to Heaney\u003c\/i\u003e (1998) and \u003ci\u003eDante and the Franciscans:\u003c\/i\u003e Poverty and the Papacy in the 'Commedia' (2004). He has recently been awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship for his next project, which is a study entitled \u003ci\u003eDante in the English-Speaking World, from the Fourteenth Century to the Present.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13 August 2007\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780631228523\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e320\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21.12\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44381119381644,"sku":"9780631228523","price":125.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631228523_1ea090c3-5dc6-47f7-a141-878f2a56a3fb.jpg?v=1780198486","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780631228523","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}