Download or read book Accounting for Dante written by Justin Steinberg and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Accounting for Dante' examines Dante's relation to his contemporary public, an audience that included poets who responded to Dante's early work as well as those who first copied, preserved, and circulated his poetry. The study reveals the importance of professional, urban classes as cultivators of early Italian poetry.