Dante Alighieri
1265–1321
Nationality: Italian
Historical Period: The Medieval Period
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was a Florentine poet and philosopher who wrote at the end of the Medieval period and the beginning of the Renaissance. His most famous work, The Divine Comedy, is a literary landmark and a synthesis of his political, religious and social views. His embrace of individuality and happiness and the use of Italian instead of Latin are often considered to mark a transition to a new way of thinking about humanity.
- Author: De Monarchia
- Author: The Divine Comedy, in 3 vols. (Langdon trans.)
- Author: The Divine Comedy, Vol. 1 (Inferno) (Bilingual edition)
- Author: The Divine Comedy, Vol. 1 (Inferno) (English trans.)
- Author: The Divine Comedy, Vol. 1 (Inferno) (Italian and Notes)
- Author: The Divine Comedy, Vol. 2 (Purgatorio) (Bilingual edition)
- Author: The Divine Comedy, Vol. 2 (Purgatorio) (English only trans.)
- Author: The Divine Comedy, vol. 3 (Paradiso) (Bilingual edition)
- Author: The Divine Comedy, vol. 3 (Paradiso) (English trans.)