Quantcast
Channel: Poetry | The Guardian
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 4232

Dante: a Very Short Introduction by Peter Hainsworth and David Robey – review

0
0

This pithy guide for the nonacademic reader expertly illuminates the Italian poet’s work

Regular readers of this column may recall that I get pretty excited about Dante. This usually involves recommending a new translation rather than critical work on the 14th-century poet; you’re not, I presume, going to be taking an exam on him. But he is such a complex poet – the number of people who have devoted a lifetime to the study of him is extraordinary – that even the casual reader could do with a guide; rather as Dante himself had guides to the afterlife.

And here is just the thing for the nonacademic Dante reader: a short, pithy guide by academics who know what they’re talking about and which opens up and refreshes the work as well as our reactions to it.

Continue reading...

Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 4232

Latest Images

Trending Articles





Latest Images