Chapter "Dante, Can I Lead You?" South African students write back (across seven centuries and a hemisphere)

This account of the essays, poems and stories collected in the present volume reflects on the authors' diverse forms of engagement with Dante via the implications of proximity and distance. In what ways do these students signal affinity with Dante - his historical context, his writerly persona...

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Main Author: Thurman, Christopher (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Florence Firenze University Press 2021
Series:Studi e saggi
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