The Complete Lyric Poems Of Dante Alighieri

Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.

Originally published in 1965, these seven essays reproduce the lectures that were delivered in Cambridge to mark the seventh centenary of the birth of Dante.

Excerpt from The Lyrical Poems of Dante Alighieri The following are the only translations which have appeared, in English, of the Lyrical Poems of Dante. The greater part of them were published in 1835, under the title of The Canzoniere of Dante, Italian and English, and comprehended all those given by Professor Arrivabene, in the Amori eRime di Dante (Mantova1823); to that collection are now added a few from Professor Karl Wittes Dante Alighieris Lyrische Gedichte (Leipzig1842);and others from the Opere Minori di Dante (Firenze1834), by P.J. Fraticelli. The poems of the Vita Nuova and Convito have been carefully revised, and the Canzoniere has been divided into two parts. Part 1. containing the genuine poems of Dante; Part 2. the doubtful ones. In selecting the former, I have followed Fraticelli. Among the latter are included not only those which he considers doubtful, but others which he pronounces to be spurious, and thinks he has traced to their proper authors. They have all been printed in the name of Dante, at various times, from well known ancient Mss. which give his name to them; and the question of authenticity as to some in Part 2. is far from settled. In the present edition (in deference to the publisher) the Italian text has been omitted. This, the translator has reason to regret, as it would afford a ready apology for much that is strange or obscure. It may be presumed, however, that the reader who is disposed to confront the translation with the original, will not be unprovided with the works of Dante. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.