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Dante's persistent and pervasive presence has been a remarkable feature of modern writing since the late eighteenth century. These essays by an international group of scholars emphasize that presence in the work of major British and Irish writers (such as Blake, Shelley, Joyce and Heaney). They also focus on responses in America, the Caribbean and Italy and it deals with appropriations of Dante's work by poets (from Gray to Walcott) and novelists (such as Mary Shelley and Giorgio Bassani, and Gloria Naylor).

		Dante's Modern Afterlife: Reception and Response from Blake to Heaney by Nick Havely (Editor) ISBN-10: 9780312215811 ISBN-10: 0-312-21581-9 ISBN-13: 9780312215811 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-21581-1 Hardcover 1998-12-15 Palgrave Macmillan Find Lowest Price
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Product Description Dante's persistent and pervasive presence has been a remarkable feature of modern writing since the late eighteenth century. These essays by an international group of scholars emphasize that presence in the work of major British and Irish writers (such as Blake, Shelley, Joyce and Heaney). They also focus on responses in America, the Caribbean and Italy and it deals with appropriations of Dante's work by poets (from Gray to Walcott) and novelists (such as Mary Shelley and Giorgio Bassani, and Gloria Naylor).
Book Description Dante's persistent and pervasive presence has been a remarkable feature of modern writing since the late eighteenth century. These essays by an international group of scholars emphasize that presence in the work of major British and Irish writers (such as Blake, Shelley, Joyce and Heaney). They also focus on responses in America, the Caribbean and Italy and it deals with appropriations of Dante's work by poets (from Gray to Walcott) and novelists (such as Mary Shelley and Giorgio Bassani, and Gloria Naylor).