The Life of Dante by Giovanni Boccaccio - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

Giovanni Boccaccio, Delphi Classics

• Publisher: Delphi Classics (Parts Edition)
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN: 9781788779050
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

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Table of contents

• Title page
• COPYRIGHT
• Giovanni Boccaccio: Parts Edition
• Parts Edition Contents
• The Life of Dante
• The Life Of Dante (1313-1375)
• II. DANTE’S BIRTH AND STUDIES
• III. DANTE’S LOVE FOR BEATRICE, AND HIS MARRIAGE
• IV. FAMILY CARES, HONORS, AND EXILE OF DANTE
• V. DANTE’S FLIGHT FROM FLORENCE AND HIS WANDERINGS
• VI. HIS DEATH AND FUNERAL HONORS
• VII. REBUKE OF THE FLORENTINES
• VIII. APPEARANCE, HABITS, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF DANTE
• IX. DIGRESSION CONCERNING POETRY
• X. ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POETRY AND THEOLOGY
• XI. OF THE LAUREL BESTOWED ON POETS
• XII. QUALITIES AND DEFECTS OF DANTE
• XIII. OF THE DIFFERENT WORKS WRITTEN BY DANTE
• XIV. ON CERTAIN INCIDENTS RELATING TO THE DIVINA COMMEDIA
• XV. WHY THE COMMEDIA WAS WRITTEN IN THE VULGAR TONGUE
• XVI. OF THE BOOK DE MONARCHIA AND OTHER WORKS
• XVII. EXPLANATION OF THE DREAM OF DANTE’S MOTHER AND CONCLUSION
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