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Dante Alighieri (Italian: [ˈdante aliˈɡjɛːri]; most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri; [a] c. May 1265 – September 14, 1321), widely known mononymously as Dante, [b] was an Italian [c] poet, writer, and philosopher. [6]
Aug 20, 2024 · Dante Alighieri was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy).
Oct 12, 2020 · Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was an Italian poet and politician most famous for his Divine Comedy (c. 1319) where he descends through Hell, climbs Purgatory, and arrives at the illumination of Paradise.
The Divine Comedy (Italian: Divina Commedia [diˈviːna komˈmɛːdja]) is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed around 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature [1] and one of the greatest works of Western literature.
Italian poet and scholar Dante Alighieri is best known for his masterpiece La Commedia (known in English as The Divine Comedy), which is universally considered one of world literature’s greatest poems.
Jan 29, 2001 · Dante Alighieri. First published Mon Jan 29, 2001; substantive revision Mon Aug 15, 2022. Dante’s engagement with philosophy cannot be studied apart from his vocation as a poet, in which capacity he sought to raise the level of public discourse by educating his countrymen and inspiring them to pursue happiness in the contemplative life.
Dante (Alighieri) , (born c. May 21–June 20, 1265, Florence—died Sept. 13/14, 1321, Ravenna), Italian poet. Dante was of noble ancestry, and his life was shaped by the conflict between papal and imperial partisans (the Guelfs and Ghibellines ).
Aug 20, 2024 · Dante - Poet, Divine Comedy, Italian Literature | Britannica. Literature Poetry Poets A-K. Legacy and influence of Dante. in Dante. Also known as: Dante Alighieri. Written by. Ricardo J. Quinones. Professor of English and Comparative Literature; Director, Gould Center for Humanistic Studies, Claremont McKenna College, California.
Dante Alighieri was born in Florence in 1265 (probably in the latter part of May), in the quarter of San Martino al Vescovo. Judging from his allusions in the D. C. and from the position of their house in the heart of the city, the Alighieri would seem to have been a family of modest means.
Jun 27, 2018 · Dante Alighieri >The Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) wrote "The Divine Comedy [1]," >the greatest poetic composition of the Christian Middle Ages [2] and the >first masterpiece of world literature written in a modern European >vernacular.
