Definition of Dante Alighieri

1. Noun. An Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321).

Exact synonyms: Dante
Generic synonyms: Poet
Derivative terms: Dantean

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Literary usage of Dante Alighieri

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1904)
"The Life of Dante Alighieri. By Paget Toynbee. London: Methuen, 1900. And other works. It is, however, well to remember that there is another side to the ..."

2. The American Catalogue ... July 1, 1876-Dec. 31, 1910 by Lynds Eugene Jones, Richard Rogers Bowker, Augusta Isabella Appleton (1905)
"Dante Alighieri. Tutte le opere nuevamente rivedute nel testo, by E. Moore. ... Holt Dante Alighieri. The vita nuova. Sec also Rossetti, DG Dante Alighieri. ..."

3. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1834)
"The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri, with an analytical Comment. ... Translation of tlie Inferno of Dante Alighieri, in English Verse, with historical ..."

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