The ''Enciclopedia Dantesca'', published 1970–1975 by the
Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
The ''Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere e Arti'' (Italian for "Italian Encyclopedia of Science, Letters, and Arts"), best known as ''Treccani'' for its developer Giovanni Treccani or ''Enciclopedia Italiana'', is an Italian-language en ...
, in six volumes, under the general editorship of
Umberto Bosco, is considered the reference book in
Italian language
Italian (''italiano'' or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. Together with Sardinian, Italian is the least divergent language from Latin. Spoken by about ...
about the life and works of
Dante
Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian people, Italian Italian poetry, poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', origin ...
,
described as a "monumental" work
References
External links
Enciclopedia Dantesca- online edition
Dante Alighieri
Encyclopedias of literature
1970s books
Italian biographies
Italian-language encyclopedias
20th-century encyclopedias
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