Dante; His Times and His Work

by Arthur John Butler

A educated discussion of the poems of Dante, their meaning, and the relevance within the time the work was written.

Kindle Edition

First published May 30, 2006

About the author

Arthur John Butler (21 June 1844 – 26 February 1910), was an English scholar, editor, and mountaineer, professor of Italian language and literature at University College, London.

Apart from his work on Dante and other Italian poets, Butler translated books from German and French, including the memoirs of Bismarck, Thiébault, and Jean de Marbot, and work by Sainte-Beuve. He also contributed to the Cambridge Modern History and the Dictionary of National Biography and in the 1890s was editor of the Alpine Journal.