{"product_id":"dante-john-took-9780691154046","title":"Dante","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn authoritative and comprehensive intellectual biography of the author of the \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor all that has been written about the author of the \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e, Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) remains the best guide to his own life and work. Dante's writings are therefore never far away in this authoritative and comprehensive intellectual biography, which offers a fresh account of the medieval Florentine poet's life and thought before and after his exile in 1302. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning with the often violent circumstances of Dante's life, the book examines his successive works as testimony to the course of his passionate humanity: his lyric poetry through to the \u003ci\u003eVita nova\u003c\/i\u003e as the great work of his first period; the \u003ci\u003eConvivio\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDe vulgari eloquentia\u003c\/i\u003e and the poems of his early years in exile; and the \u003ci\u003eMonarchia\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eCommedia\u003c\/i\u003e as the product of his maturity. Describing as it does a journey of the mind, the book confirms the nature of Dante's undertaking as an exploration of what he himself speaks of as \"maturity in the flame of love.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is an original synthesis of Dante's life and work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Took\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 069115404X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691154046\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.60w x 2.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/13\/2019 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2020","brand":"John Took","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43988213989631,"sku":"9780691154046","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9930fb61-0de8-430b-93b1-cf3e7d83423a.jpg?v=1683293255","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dante-john-took-9780691154046","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}