Love Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781847496881)

Dante is known to most readers outside Italy for his gritty descriptions of the Inferno, but there is another, gentler side to his poetry, which found expression throughout his career in verses that made him, together with his friend Guido Cavalcanti, the leading love poet of his generation. From the ballads and rime of his youth to the heart-rending lyrics written on the death of Beatrice and the more sober, philosophical canzoni of his later years, this volume provides the only English edition of the great Florentine's complete love poems, in brilliant verse translations by Dante specialists J.G. Nichols and Anthony Mortimer.

Author: Dante Alighieri
ISBN-10: 1847496881
ISBN-13: 9781847496881
Publisher: Alma Books
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2017
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.60d