'Any acquaintance with a work so sublime must needs be better than none. A shadow may win the gaze of some who never looked upon the substance.' In this scholarly introduction to the Divine Comedy, Maria Francesca Rossetti (1827 76) urges readers not to be put off by Dante's difficult language and befuddling cosmology. Deploying prose summaries alongside translated extracts of the poem, she takes the reader on a tour through Dante's world, from the first shadowy appearance of Virgil to the pilgrimage through Paradise. Rossetti also illuminates many aspects of the poem usually considered...
'Any acquaintance with a work so sublime must needs be better than none. A shadow may win the gaze of some who never looked upon the substance.' In th...
A Shadow of Dante, Being an Essay Towards Studying Himself, His World and his Pilgrimage by Maria Francesca Rossetti. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1886 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.
A Shadow of Dante, Being an Essay Towards Studying Himself, His World and his Pilgrimage by Maria Francesca Rossetti. This book is a reproduction of t...
