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Birthdate: 1938
Gender: female
Education: Cornell University (BA)
Harvard University (MA, PhD)
Yale University (PhD)
Occupations: Professor of Comparative Literature and Italian Studies, Wellesley College
Organizations: Dante Society of America
Medieval Academy of America
Modern Language Association
Phi Beta Kappa
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Map Location: USA

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HarryMacDonald 430 reviews

The Poets' Dante by Peter S. Hawkins

It is generally true that one cannot learn less. I came close in this rather slap-dash collection of essays and essay-fragments. If anybody can indeed proft form it, mazel tov. The overall message of these Editors seems to be that Dante can be all things to all persons -- which is patently false.

Dec 13, 2012 (Edited)

desultory 9 reviews

The Cambridge Companion to Dante (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Rachel Jacoff