Dante and the Romantics

by A. Braida

Overview

The British Romantic poets were among the first to realize the centrality of the Divine Comedy for the evolution of the European epic. This study explores the significance of Dante for Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, and William Blake. What was their idea of Dante? Why did they feel the need to approach his Christian epic on the afterlife? This study aims to answer these questions by focusing on the three poets' preoccupation with form and language.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403932334
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/15/2005
Edition description:	2004

About the Author

Antonella Braida is Lecturer in Italian at the University of Durham.

Table of Contents

Part One: Dante Translated
• The Romantic Translation of the Divine Comedy: Henry Francis Cary's The Vision
• The Critical Reception of Dante among Whigs and Tories: The Role of The Vision
• Part Two: Romantic 'Translation'
• John Keats' Road to Dante through the Classical World
• Shelley's Humanised Paradiso
• William Blake's Republicanism: The Illustrator of Dante
• Index