Building a Monument to Dante

Building a Monument to Dante
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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9781442640511
ISBN-13 : 1442640510
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Book Synopsis Building a Monument to Dante by : Jason M. Houston

Download or read book Building a Monument to Dante written by Jason M. Houston and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `Building a Monument to Dante successfully tackles the topic of Boccaccio's life-long interest in Dante from a novel point of view, interrogating the many facets of Boccaccio's activity as dantista along new lines.' Simone Marchesi, Department of French and Italian, Princeton University --


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