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Dante’s Bones: How a Poet Invented Italy

By Guy P. Raffa

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9780674246980
DOI
10.4159/9780674246980
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8473106 bytes)
Pages
384\385
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 10:21:48

Description

Like a saint’s relics, Dante’s bones have been stolen, exhumed, and worshiped. Guy Raffa narrates the Florentine poet’s hereafter—the physical afterlife of the writer who vividly imagined the spiritual afterlife. In the story of the bones lies the tale of Dante’s evolution from Renaissance to Italian to nationalist hero, and finally global icon.

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