Little is known about Dante’s personal life, but an Italian historian has done a superb job of piecing it together. We learn little of Dante’s quotidian existence by reading his work. In medieval ...

Why we’ll never escape Dante’s Hell Dante’s Divine Comedy, a ‘biography’ of the Italian poet’s masterpiece by Joseph Luzzi, brims with facts but lacks any starry-eyed wonder 3/5 ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Joseph Luzzi DANTE A Life By Alessandro Barbero Translated by Allan Cameron You have to pity ...

We learn little of Dante’s quotidian existence by reading his work. In medieval literature the writer was reluctant to discuss his personal life unless doing so served a useful purpose to others.