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AboutWelcome to all the Dante Alighieri fans out there.
This is a place to share ideas about the works of Dante. Please, feel free to discuss whatever you'd like relating to Dante.
Dante Alighieri was born in Florence, Italy, in May 1265. Scholars agree that he probably received elementary instruction in grammar, language and philosophy at one of the Franciscan schools in the city and was raised Catholic. During his teens, Dante showed interest in literature and undertook an apprenticeship with Brunetto Latini, a famed poet and prose writer who wrote in the Italian vernacular. By way of Latini’s direction, Dante began to study literature and the rhetoric and began to associate himself with several respected Florentine poets. Because of this association, Dante met Guio Cavalcani who helped Dante refine his literary skills. In 1283, Dante reached his 18th birthday and inherited a modest amount of money from his parents who had died when he was younger. Two years later, in 1285, Dante married Gemma Donati under the arrangement of his father back in 1277. She later bore him four children. In 1287, Dante enrolled in the University of Bologna and completed at least one course. After his formal education, Dante enlisted in the Florentine army.
The death of one of his childhood friends proved to be a turning point in his life. At the age of nine, Dante was introduced to Bice, or Beatrice, Portinari in 1274. According to studies by Boccacio, her death in 1290 propelled him to begin an intensive study in the philosophical works of Boethius, Cicero, and Aristotle. In fact, Beatrice is alluded to in several of his other works but specifically The Divine Comedy where she is commemorated as the ideal lady who guides him to redemption in Paradiso. However, it is often criticized that Beatrice was actually a term that Dante used as a representative of the perfect, holy female. Nonetheless, the death urged Dante to break free from his earlier directed writing style and establish his own style in innovative canzoni, or lyrical poems.
Biography found at http://www.pentaone.com/hannibal/dante.shtml
This is a place to share ideas about the works of Dante. Please, feel free to discuss whatever you'd like relating to Dante.
Dante Alighieri was born in Florence, Italy, in May 1265. Scholars agree that he probably received elementary instruction in grammar, language and philosophy at one of the Franciscan schools in the city and was raised Catholic. During his teens, Dante showed interest in literature and undertook an apprenticeship with Brunetto Latini, a famed poet and prose writer who wrote in the Italian vernacular. By way of Latini’s direction, Dante began to study literature and the rhetoric and began to associate himself with several respected Florentine poets. Because of this association, Dante met Guio Cavalcani who helped Dante refine his literary skills. In 1283, Dante reached his 18th birthday and inherited a modest amount of money from his parents who had died when he was younger. Two years later, in 1285, Dante married Gemma Donati under the arrangement of his father back in 1277. She later bore him four children. In 1287, Dante enrolled in the University of Bologna and completed at least one course. After his formal education, Dante enlisted in the Florentine army.
The death of one of his childhood friends proved to be a turning point in his life. At the age of nine, Dante was introduced to Bice, or Beatrice, Portinari in 1274. According to studies by Boccacio, her death in 1290 propelled him to begin an intensive study in the philosophical works of Boethius, Cicero, and Aristotle. In fact, Beatrice is alluded to in several of his other works but specifically The Divine Comedy where she is commemorated as the ideal lady who guides him to redemption in Paradiso. However, it is often criticized that Beatrice was actually a term that Dante used as a representative of the perfect, holy female. Nonetheless, the death urged Dante to break free from his earlier directed writing style and establish his own style in innovative canzoni, or lyrical poems.
Biography found at http://www.pentaone.com/hannibal/dante.shtml
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