Freedom Readers: The African American Reception of Dante Alighieri and the Divine Comedy

(Part of the William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante and Medieval Italian Literature Series)

by Dennis Looney

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Freedom Readers: The African American Reception of Dante Alighieri and the Divine Comedy is a literary-historical study of the many surprising ways in which Dante Alighieri and the Divine Comedy have assumed a position of importance in African American culture. Dennis Looney examines how African American authors have read, interpreted, and responded to Dante and his work from the late 1820s to the present.

In many ways, the African American...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0268033862

ISBN13:9780268033866

Release Date:March 2011

Publisher:University of Notre Dame Press

Length:296 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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