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Dante's Commedia: Theology as Poetry
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Dante's Commedia: Theology as Poetry

In Dante's Commedia: Theology as Poetry, an international group of theologians and Dante scholars provide a uniquely rich set of perspectives focused on the relationship between theology and poetry in the Commedia.
 
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Tags: Dante, Commedia, Poetry, Theology, relationship
Dante and the Mystics: A Study of the Mystical Aspect of the Divine Commedia
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Dante and the Mystics: A Study of the Mystical Aspect of the Divine Commedia

The main purpose of the book is to lay stress upon the mystical aspect of the "Divina Commedia", and to trace the influence upon Dante of the earlier mystics from St. Augustine onwards.
 
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Tags: Commedia, Dante, Mystics, onwards, Augustine
The Shadow Scholar: How I Made a Living Helping College Kids Cheat
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The Shadow Scholar: How I Made a Living Helping College Kids CheatThe Shadow Scholar: How I Made a Living Helping College Kids Cheat

Last fall, a writer using the pseudonym Ed Dante wrote an explosive article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, confessing to writing term papers for a living. Technically, they are "study guides," and the companies that sell them-there are quite a few-are completely legal and easily found with Google. For about $10-20 a page, Dante's former employers will give you a custom essay, written to your specifications. During Dante's career, he wrote made-to-order papers for everything from introductory college courses to Ph.D. dissertations. 
 
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The Myth of Popular Culture: from Dante to Dylan
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The Myth of Popular Culture: from Dante to DylanThe Myth of Popular Culture from Dante to Dylan is a fascinating examination of the cultural traditions of the American novel, Hollywood, and British and American rock music which leads us to redefine our concept of the division between "high" and "low" culture. A stimulating history of high and low culture from Dante Alighieri to Bob Dylan, providing a controversial defence of popular culture Seeks to rebut the durable belief that only high culture is ‘dialectical’ and popular culture is not by turning Theodor Adorno’s theories on ‘pop’ against themselves Presents a critical analysis of three popular tradition
 
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Tags: culture, Dylan, popular, Dante, Popular
Life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1887)
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Life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1887)Life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1887)

AS the name indicates, the family of Dante Gabriel Rossetti is of Italian origin. On the paternal side the painter-poet belongs to Vasto d'Ammone, the ancient Histonium, a small, secluded, and picturesquely situated city of the Abruzzi, on the Adriatic coast of the then kingdom of Naples. The name Rossetti, though borne in Italy by several men who attained eminence in painting or music was not originally that of the family to which it owes its highest honours. The primary name of this was Delia Guardia.
 
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