Dante: Poet, Author, And Proud Florentine (Makers of the Middle Ages and Renaissance)

This Famous Italian Poet Wrote The Divine Comedy, Which Was An Imaginary Journey By The Poet Through Hell, Purgatory, And Paradise. This Work Is Recognised As A Masterpiece Of World Literature. Contents......Page 6 Ch 1: The Flames of Hell, the Promise of Paradise......Page 7 Ch 2: Dante’s Italy......Page 20 Ch 3: A Birth in Florence......Page 35 Ch 4: From Boyhood to Manhood......Page 51 Ch 5: A Civic Life......Page 64 Ch 6: Wandering......Page 81 Ch 7: The Inferno......Page 94 Ch 8: A Life’s Journey Ended......Page 108 Ch 9: Reading the Pages of Dante......Page 122 Chronology and Timeline......Page 134 Notes......Page 137 BibliograpHy......Page 139 Further Reading......Page 140 Index......Page 141 Picture Credits......Page 145 About the Author......Page 146 Profiles the life and works of late thirteenth-century poet and author Dante Alighieri, noted for his most famous piece "The Inferno." Details the life and times of the Italian author, poet and historian known as the famous son of Florence, Italy Biography of the Italian poet who penned the Divine Comedy