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Dante's bones how a poet invented Italy
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
[2020]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 370 pages) illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9780674246980 0674246985 9780674246966 0674246969 |