Dante in Love : The World's Greatest Poem and How It Made History
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (706 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000FA4UWE |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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A master work by a gifted writer, this insightful A master work by a gifted writer, this insightful book connects modern day societal influences with centuries-old behaviors and belief.. "Kaleidoscopic impressions maybe NOT literary criticism" according to Ken. This book seems to be based on 1) Ms. Rubin's experience in a university course; 2) an internet research project to gather ANY quotable references to Dante's work or era (regardless of relevance) and Kaleidoscopic impressions maybe NOT literary criticism This book seems to be based on 1) Ms. Rubin's experience in a university course; 2) an internet research project to gather ANY quotable references to Dante's work or era (regardless of relevance) and 3) a record of her stream of consciousness as she riffs on all of the former. Collectively, it only occasionally seems to reflect the structure she ostensibly follows in her chapter headings. I agree with some of the prior reviews that point out factual errors and inconsistencies (she identifies two of Frederick II's sons as "his favorite" son.) There are many more that I will leave to professional reviewers, but I must point out the. ) a record of her stream of consciousness as she riffs on all of the former. Collectively, it only occasionally seems to reflect the structure she ostensibly follows in her chapter headings. I agree with some of the prior reviews that point out factual errors and inconsistencies (she identifies two of Frederick II's sons as "his favorite" son.) There are many more that I will leave to professional reviewers, but I must point out the. Michael Corrado said Not a good buy. I am so sorry I spent the money for this book. It is badly written, but the more important point is that it is full of factual errors. For example, she says that the Guelfs and the Ghibellines can trace their roots to two brothers name Guelf and Ghibel (page 9 and footnote)! She calls Limbo the circle of the heretics, and places it either in Circle Six or just before it (page 81). She says that Guido Cavalcanti was dead already when Dante encounters his father in hell, and therefore Dante lied in telling the father that Guido was alive (page 8Not a good buy I am so sorry I spent the money for this book. It is badly written, but the more important point is that it is full of factual errors. For example, she says that the Guelfs and the Ghibellines can trace their roots to two brothers name Guelf and Ghibel (page 9 and footnote)! She calls Limbo the circle of the heretics, and places it either in Circle Six or just before it (page 81). She says that Guido Cavalcanti was dead already when Dante encounters his father in hell, and therefore Dante lied in telling the father that Guido was alive (page 83). Guido was in fact alive; he died later in 1300. She says that Charles Singleton taug. ). Guido was in fact alive; he died later in 1Not a good buy I am so sorry I spent the money for this book. It is badly written, but the more important point is that it is full of factual errors. For example, she says that the Guelfs and the Ghibellines can trace their roots to two brothers name Guelf and Ghibel (page 9 and footnote)! She calls Limbo the circle of the heretics, and places it either in Circle Six or just before it (page 81). She says that Guido Cavalcanti was dead already when Dante encounters his father in hell, and therefore Dante lied in telling the father that Guido was alive (page 83). Guido was in fact alive; he died later in 1300. She says that Charles Singleton taug. 00. She says that Charles Singleton taug
Tracks the great Italian poet following his exile from Florence in 1302, his travels as a fugitive from justice over the next twenty years, and the influence of his journeys on the creation of his poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy
But this strength, paradoxically, turns out to be the book’s biggest weakness: Rubin's obsessive contextualizing. -- Silvana Tropea. But others read like sweeping pronouncements that lack sufficient explanation: "Keats had the right instinct but the wrong method for exploiting Dante." Rubin marvels how Dante "kept his vision alive over nineteen years of trials to make the Comedy seem as if it were all one line, the work of one awful moment of birth which time stopped for genius." Unfortunately, Rubin's own work lacks a similar cohesiveness. However, with each historical digression, we get farth