Dante and the Orient
| Author | : Brenda Deen Schildgen |
| Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
| Total Pages | : 194 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0252027132 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780252027130 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Dante and the Orient by : Brenda Deen Schildgen
Download or read book Dante and the Orient written by Brenda Deen Schildgen and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Dante and the Orient, Schildgen argues that Dante's treatment of the East enabled him to use the rhetoric employed in crusade narratives and other travel literature to oppose the military and polemic goals of the Crusades and to plead for the reformation of both church and state."--BOOK JACKET.
