Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321; Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Convivio -- Criticism and interpretation; Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. De vulgari eloquentia -- Criticism and interpretation; Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Vita nuova -- Criticism and...
Dante Alighieri wrote the Divina Commedia, a poem of enormous importance in world literature. How did Dante become such a great poet and how did he create such an incredible masterpiece? His personal and political experiences, education and minor...
When Flaubert's masterpiece, Madame Bovary, was published in 1857, the success was immediate. Despite its popularity, the novel was disliked by the Imperial censors. The author was charged with insulting the public morality and offending decent...