CONTENTS

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