ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What art was Dante a part of?
A
DOCTORS AND APOTHERS
B
OWNERSHIP
C
INTELLECTUAL
D
BARATTIERI
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -As a member of the Guelph political party, Dante was sent often on missions to arrange peace between the two warring parties. His opposition to the pope’s interference to the unification of all the various city-states often brought him to be at odds with the reigning pope.

Detailed explanation-2: -Italian poet and scholar Dante Alighieri is best known for his masterpiece La Commedia (known in English as The Divine Comedy), which is universally considered one of world literature’s greatest poems.

Detailed explanation-3: -He became renown and appreciated for employing a style that mixed elements of realism and romanticism. His work was also praised for its perfection of figures. In 1865 he published an illustrated edition of the Bible, which was a huge success.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dante is considered the greatest Italian poet, best known for The Divine Comedy, an epic poem that is one of the world’s most important works of literature. The poem, which is divided into three sections, follows a man, generally assumed to be Dante himself, as he visits Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.

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