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Dante : poet of the secular world

Auerbach, Erich, 1892-19572007
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This text is both a comprehensive introduction to the work of one of the greatest poets and a provocative and stimulating essay in the history of ideas. It argues that it is to Dante, supreme among Christian poets, that we owe the concept of the secular world.
Main title:
Dante : poet of the secular world / Erich Auerbach ; translated by Ralph Manheim ; introduction by Michael Dirda.
Imprint:
New York : New York Review ; York : Signature Book Services [distributor], 2007.
Collation:
xvii, 194 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.Translated from the German.
ISBN:
9781590172193 (pbk)
Dewey class:
851.1
Language:
EnglishGerman
BRN:
1915682
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