A Life of Dante [ABRIDGED] [AUDIOBOOK] (Audio CD)

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A Life of Dante [ABRIDGED] [AUDIOBOOK] (Audio CD)

Editorial Reviews
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A brief literary biography like this should leave the listener with an impression of a writer's major work and some understanding of how his life informed that work. A LIFE OF DANTE doesn't leave much of an impression. Despite an unimpeachable reading by British actor John Shrapnel, the recording bogs down in its descriptions of the politics and history of medieval Italy. This, of course, is the groundwork upon which THE DIVINE COMEDY was written, but a short work like this is unable to provide any real synthesis, and the result is a litany of names and dates that does little to illuminate Dante's masterpiece. D.B. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
Product Details

Read by John Shrapnel
Label: Naxos Audio Books (Jul 1, 2001)
Running Time: c.80 minutes

Dante’s vision The Divine Comedy has profoundly affected every generation since it first appeared in the early fourteenth century. Here is a brief account of his life, compiled from various sources (including his first biographer, Boccaccio) by Benedict Flynn, whose new translation of the Comedy on Naxos AudioBooks, read by Heathcote Williams, has been widely acclaimed. It sets the known facts of Dante’s life against the turmoil of the times, and puts the very personal nature of his poetry into perspective.

Featuring Medieval Italian music.

Content:

1. The final journey back to Ravenna - 06:21
2. Florence - the great city on Arno's fair river - 04:07
3. Dante was born in May 1265... - 07:21
4. The first sight of Beatrice Portinari - 04:14
5. Death and philosophy - 06:31
6. Dante marries Gemma Donati - 02:59
7. Dante, aged 30, 1295 - 05:33
8. 1300 - Political upheaval and the beginning of Inferno - 13:31
9. Dante in exile - 04:23
10. Convivio - The Banquet - a work of instruction - 02:15
11. Letters - 07:21
12. Ravenna 1318; death 1321 - 05:49
13. The last 13 cantos of Paradiso; final burial - 08:50
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