ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -’ The poet Giovanni Boccaccio says Dante visited Paris while in exile and Gladstone believed he studied in Oxford, but it is unlikely that he ever left Italy. He lived for periods in Arezzo, Bologna and Verona and his last few years were spent in Ravenna, where he died in September 1321.

Detailed explanation-2: -What tragedy befell Dante in the year 1302? What powerful historical figure is involved..? Dante was charged for barratry and he had to pay a fine of 5, 000 florins and exiled for at least two years.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dante was shown being stabbed in the back by the same person who killed Beatrice and Alighiero back at Acre and dying.

Detailed explanation-4: -The dark forest–selva oscura–in which Dante finds himself at the beginning of the poem (Inf.