| CHAPTER I | |
| Dante in his Times— | |
| I. The End of the Middle Ages.—II. Dante’s Childhood and Adolescence.—III. After the Death of Beatrice.—IV. Dante’s Political Life.—V. First Period of Exile.—VI. The Invasion of Henry VII.—VII. Last Period of Exile.—VIII. Dante’s Works and First Interpreters | 1 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| Dante’s Minor Italian Works— | |
| I. The Vita Nuova.—II. The Rime.—III. The Convivio | 67 |
| CHAPTER III | |
| Dante’s Latin Works— | |
| I. The De Vulgari Eloquentia.—II. The Monarchia.—III. The Epistolae.—IV. The Eclogae.—V. The Quaestio de Aqua et Terra | 102 |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| The “Divina Commedia”— | |
| I. Introductory.—II. The Inferno.—III. The Purgatorio.—IV. The Paradiso | 136 |
| Bibliographical Appendix | 223 |
| Diagrams and Tables | 233 |
| Index | 249 |