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First published in 1980, Dante the Maker examines the great Italian poet’s creative processes and presents a wider perspective on Dante. Divided into three major parts, it discusses themes like the making of a poet; power exile and the works of Dante’s middle years; and the making of the Commedia. The book allows Anderson to explore the relevant political backgrounds, historical context, aesthetic, philosophical and even scientific currents- and the events of Dante’s own life - and finally to give his own judgement on how these diverse forces impinged on the poet’s creative processes. This literary biography is a must read for scholars and researchers of Literature.

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“In Dante the Maker, Anderson attempts not one but three monumental tasks: a literary biography of one of the most elusive and mysterious figures in Western literature, an intellectual history of a period of extraordinary complexity, and an exploration of the creative process that produced La Vita Nuova and the Commedia.” -Russell, J Stephen. Romance Philology; Berkeley Vol. 38, Iss. 4, (May 1, 1985): 552-555.

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