{"product_id":"dante-9780691154046","title":"Dante","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn authoritative and comprehensive intellectual biography of the author of the \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor all that has been written about the author of the \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e, Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) remains the best guide to his own life and work. Dante's writings are therefore never far away in this authoritative and comprehensive intellectual biography, which offers a fresh account of the medieval Florentine poet's life and thought before and after his exile in 1302. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning with the often violent circumstances of Dante's life, the book examines his successive works as testimony to the course of his passionate humanity: his lyric poetry through to the \u003ci\u003eVita nova\u003c\/i\u003e as the great work of his first period; the \u003ci\u003eConvivio\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDe vulgari eloquentia\u003c\/i\u003e and the poems of his early years in exile; and the \u003ci\u003eMonarchia\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eCommedia\u003c\/i\u003e as the product of his maturity. Describing as it does a journey of the mind, the book confirms the nature of Dante's undertaking as an exploration of what he himself speaks of as \"maturity in the flame of love.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is an original synthesis of Dante's life and work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Took\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Dante Studies at University College London. His books include \u003ci\u003eL'Etterno Piacer: Aesthetic Ideas in Dante\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDante, Lyric Poet and Philosopher: An Introduction to the Minor Works.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872754045202,"sku":"9780691154046","price":60.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3ee87400-f3b9-492d-8741-e3c465458017.jpg?v=1737908631","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dante-9780691154046","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}