Aids to the study of Dante / by Charles Allen Dinsmore.
| Author/creator | Dinsmore, Charles Allen |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Boston, New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903. |
| Description | xiv, 435 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, plates, portraits, charts. ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Included Work | Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444. Vita di Dante. English. |
| Included Work | Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Vita di Dante. English. |
| Included Work | Church, R. W. (Richard William), 1815-1890. |
| Included Work | Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Epistola Domino Kani Grandi de Scala English. |
| Included Work | Gardner, Edmund G., 1869-1935. |
| Included Work | Gaspary, Arolf, 1849-1892. |
| Included Work | Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891. |
| Included Work | Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908. |
| Included Work | Wicksteed, 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 note | Bibliography: p. [429]-430. |
| LCCN | 03022092 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PQ4334 .D56 1903 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |