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The Divine Comedy: Postscript

Six Sonnets on Dante's Divine...Postscript 'Ich habe unter meinen Papieren ein Blatt gefunden, wo ich die Baukunst eine erstarrte Musik nenne.' Johann Wolfgang Goethe, 1829…

Dante Alighieri

(Encyclopedia) Dante AlighieriDante Alighieridănˈtē, Ital. dänˈtā älēgyĕˈrē, 1265–1321, Italian poet, b. Florence. Dante was the author of the Divine Comedy, one of the greatest of literary classics…

Cary, Henry Francis

(Encyclopedia) Cary, Henry Francis, 1772–1844, English translator. A graduate of Christ Church College, Oxford, he was assistant librarian in the British Museum from 1826 to 1837. He translated…

comedy

(Encyclopedia) comedy, literary work that aims primarily to provoke laughter. Unlike tragedy, which seeks to engage profound emotions and sympathies, comedy strives to entertain chiefly through…

Latini, Brunetto

(Encyclopedia) Latini, BrunettoLatini, Brunettobr&oomacr;nĕtˈtō lätēˈnē [key], d. 1294?, Italian man of letters, a diplomat. He introduced French literature to Italy and wrote, in French, Li…

Nash, John Henry

(Encyclopedia) Nash, John Henry, 1871–1947, American printer and bibliophile, b. Woodbridge, Canada. After learning the printer's trade, he emigrated to the United States in 1894. He eventually…

The Divine Comedy: Inferno

PurgatorioInfernoContentsInferno: Canto IInferno: Canto II Inferno: Canto III Inferno: Canto IVInferno: Canto VInferno: Canto VIInferno: Canto VIIInferno: Canto VIIIInferno: Canto IXInferno:…

The Divine Comedy: Paradiso

Purgatorio Six Sonnets on Dante's Divine...ParadisoContentsParadiso: Canto IParadiso: Canto IIParadiso: Canto IIIParadiso: Canto IVParadiso: Canto VParadiso: Canto VIParadiso: Canto…