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Commedia, the lad's early impressions of family life were happy. He doubtless received a careful education; it is likely enough that, after learning the rudiments from the Dominicans, he attended the Franciscan school of Santa Croce. Close familiarity with country as well as city life is shown in his writings. His imagination was cultivated by much reading of Provengal and Italian poets, from whom he learned unaided the science of metrics. He was deeply influenced, too, by contemporary art, and himself practiced drawing. Early he distinguished himself as a poet, in a town where poetry and music were just acquiring an unprecedented vogue; and through his verse he made valuable acquaintances. His "first friend" was the famous poet Guido, considerably his senior and his literary adviser, of the rich Cavalcanti family. Brunetto Latini, Casa di Dante House of the Alighieri, near the center of Florence. a great scholar, secretary of the Republic, aided him with counsel. Other poets, the notary Lapo Gianni and later the youthful Cino da Pistoia, as well as the musician Casella, were his associates. A comrade of less desirable character was Forese Donati, brother of Corso, the leader of th

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Author

Charles S. Singleton (editor); C. H. Grandgent (editor)

Publisher

Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies

Published

1975

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674184039

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Romance, Humanities