Dante's Modern Afterlife

Dante's Modern Afterlife
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 277
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ISBN-10 : 9781349269754
ISBN-13 : 1349269751
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Book Synopsis Dante's Modern Afterlife by : Nick Havely

Download or read book Dante's Modern Afterlife written by Nick Havely and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-06 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dante's persistent and pervasive presence has been a remarkable feature of modern writing since the late eighteenth century. This collection of essays by an international group of scholars emphasizes that presence in the work of major British and Irish writers (such as Blake, Shelley, Joyce and Heaney). It also focuses on responses in America, the Caribbean and Italy and deals with appropriations of Dante's work by poets (from Gray to Walcott) and novelists (such as Mary Shelley and Giorgio Bassani, and Gloria Naylor).


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