{"product_id":"dantes-lyric-poetry-teodolinda-barolini-9781442626195","title":"Dante's Lyric Poetry: Poems of Youth and of the 'Vita Nuova'","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first comprehensive English translation and commentary on Dante's early verse to be published in almost fifty years, \u003cem\u003eDante's Lyric Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e includes all the poems written by the young Dante Aligheri between c. 1283 and c. 1292. Essays by Teodolinda Barolini guide the reader through the new verse translations by Richard Lansing, illuminating Dante's transformation from a young courtly poet into the writer of the vast and visionary \u003cem\u003eCommedia\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarolini's commentary exposes Dante's lyric poems as early articulations of many of the ideas in the \u003cem\u003eCommedia\u003c\/em\u003e, including the philosophy and psychology of desire and its role as motor of all human activity, the quest for vision and transcendence, the frustrating search for justice on earth, and the transgression of boundaries in society and poetry. A wide-ranging and intelligent examination of one of the most important poets in the Western tradition, this book will be of interest to scholars and poetry-lovers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Teodolinda Barolini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442626194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442626195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.60w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2015 pg. 1317","brand":"Teodolinda Barolini","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065596850431,"sku":"9781442626195","price":53.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb63b221-e8dc-42cc-a120-7085fc0faef0.jpg?v=1768676025","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dantes-lyric-poetry-teodolinda-barolini-9781442626195","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}