We learn little of Dante’s quotidian existence by reading his work. In medieval literature the writer was reluctant to discuss his personal life unless doing so served a useful purpose to others.

Born in Florence, Italy, in 1265, Dante Alighieri—his full name was Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri, but he's better known simply as Dante—is considered one of the most important poets in history ...

Dante R W B Lewis Weidenfeld £12.99, pp193 After reading Paradise Lost, William Blake famously declared that Milton was of Satan's party without knowing it. Most of us are. Populated only by the ...