Overview
In this accessible introduction to Dante's Divine Comedy Kirkpatrick principally focuses on Dante as a poet and storyteller. He addresses important questions such as Dante's attitude towards Virgil, and demonstrates how an early work such as the Vita nuova is a principal source of the literary achievement of the Comedy.
- | By (Author): Robin (Robinson College, Cambridge) Kirkpatrick
- | Series: Landmarks of World Literature (New)
- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: Jan 19, 2004
- | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
- | Number of Pages: 130 pages
- | Language: Not available
- | Binding: Paperback|Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0521539943
- | ISBN-13: 9780521539944