Aids to the study of Dante / by Charles Allen Dinsmore.

Author/creator Dinsmore, Charles Allen
Format Book
Publication InfoBoston, New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903.
Descriptionxiv, 435 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, plates, portraits, charts. ; 21 cm
Subjects

Included WorkBruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444. Vita di Dante. English.
Included WorkBoccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Vita di Dante. English.
Included WorkChurch, R. W. (Richard William), 1815-1890.
Included WorkDante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Epistola Domino Kani Grandi de Scala English.
Included WorkGardner, Edmund G., 1869-1935.
Included WorkGaspary, Arolf, 1849-1892.
Included WorkLowell, James Russell, 1819-1891.
Included WorkNorton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908.
Included WorkWicksteed, Philip H. (Philip Henry), 1844-1927.
Contents I. The times of Dante: Church, R.W. Florentine political feuds and their influence upon Dante. Norton, C.E. The intellectual and moral awakening of Italy.--II. Sources of our knowledge of Dante: Giovanni Villani, Boccaccio, Filippo Villani, Lionardo Bruni. Norton, C.E. What is definitely known on Dante's life.--III. Dante's personal appearance: Norton, C.E. Portraits and masks.--IV. The Vita nuova: Dinsmore, C.A. Lyrical poetry before the time of Dante. Gaspary, A. The meaning and character of the Vita nuova. Norton, C.E. On the structure of the Vita nuova.--V. Minor works: Norton, Bryce, Saintsbury, Scartazzini, Dinsmore.--VI. The Divina commedia: Longfellow, Gardner, Federn. Witte, K. Dante's cosmography. Wicksteed, P.H. The chronology of the Divina commedia. Dante's letter to Can Grande [text] Gardner, E.C. The moral topography of the Inferno. Comparetti, D. The nature of Vergil in the Divina commedia. Gardner, E.G. Structure and moral significance of Purgatory. Thomas Aquinas. [Selections tr. from the Summa theologica] Scartazzini, G.A. Beatrice. Dinsmore, C.A. The Paradiso.
General note--VII. Interpretation: Church, R.W. The character, purpose, and poetic qualities of the Divina commedia. Gaspary, A. The poetry of the Inferno. Lowell, J.R. The Divina commedia the embodiment of the Christian idea of a triumphant life.
Bibliography noteBibliography: p. [429]-430.
LCCN 03022092

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Joyner General Stacks PQ4334 .D56 1903 ✔ Available Place Hold