Life of Dante
work by Boccaccio
Also known as: “Trattatello in laude di Dante”, “Vita di Dante Alighieri”
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discussed in biography
- In Giovanni Boccaccio: Petrarch and Boccaccio’s mature years
His Vita di Dante Alighieri, or Trattatello in laude di Dante (“Little Tractate in Praise of Dante”), and the two abridged editions of it that he made show his devotion to Dante’s memory.
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Italian literature
- In Italian literature: Boccaccio (1313–75)
Life of Dante) and a commentary on the first 17 cantos of the Inferno (Esposizioni sopra la Comedia de Dante [Boccaccio’s Expositions on Dante’s Comedy]). Boccaccio contributed to allegorical poetry with L’amorosa visione (written 1342–43; “The Amorous Vision”).
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