But Dante's Biography

Author: (Russia) Merezhkovsky
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Today, what kind of person is someone with a secondary education, someone with average knowledge, someone with average sensitivity, who knows nothing of the glory of Dante? Only a few understand the greatness of Dante. Dante was despised in his transient earthly life and forgotten in his contemporary pursuit of eternity. Jesus, as a human being, was just a fleeting black shadow in the white dust of the road; Dante's life was the same. The following groups are recommended to read this book: readers who love Italian culture, researchers of the Renaissance, literary scholars or aspiring "writers," readers who enjoy biographies with poetic names, and those with a touch of melancholy and heroism.