Dante: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide (Bloom's Major Poets)

Considered one of the world's greatest writers, Dante was also a great political and philosophical thinker. Examined here are Vita Nuova, Rime Petrose, Inferno, Purgatoria, and Paradiso.

This title also features a comprehensive biography of Dante, a user's guide, detailed plot summaries of each novel, extracts from important critical essays, a complete bibliography of Dante's works, an index of themes and ideas, and editor's notes and introduction by Harold Bloom. This series, Bloom's Major Poets, is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School; preeminent literary critic of our time.