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The DanteEncyclopedia is a comprehensive resource that presents a systematic introduction to Dante's life and works and the cultural context in which his moral and intellectual imagination took shape.
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"Comprehensive and authoritative, offering the reader access to both Dante's personal genius, as well as the time in which he lived...the Dante Encyclopedia returns real value for the investment. Both serious Dante scholars and undergraduates studying him for the first time will benefit from this reference. It is an Encyclopedia that does justice to its subject, and that is saying a lot." -Against the Grain
"The premier English-language reference source on Dante... Comp lit will never be the same." -College and ResearchLibraries News
'a text that speaks to our culture and responds to our concerns' - Simone Marchesi, Princeton University
Over 100 alphabetically arranged entries from 144 scholars on characters, places and proper names in Dante’s works and items from his life, many including extensive bibliographies
Richard Lansing is chair of Italian Studies at Brandeis University. His many publications include From Image to Idea: A Study of Simile in Dante's Commedia (1977) and a translation of Dante's "Il Convivio" (Garland, 1990). He has served on the board of the Dante Society of America and has been the recipient of numerous academic awards and grants.
