Showing posts with label Poets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poets. Show all posts
Torquato Tasso


Torquato Tasso,  (born March 11, 1544, Sorrento, Kingdom of Naples [Italy]—died April 25, 1595, Rome), greatest Italian poet of the late Renaissance, celebrated for his heroic epic poem Gerusalemme liberata (1581; “Jerusalem Liberated”), dealing with the capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade.





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Ludovico Ariosto


Ludovico Ariosto,  (born September 8, 1474, Reggio Emilia, duchy of Modena [Italy]—died July 6, 1533, Ferrara), Italian poet remembered for his epic poem Orlando furioso (1516), which is generally regarded as the finest expression of the literary tendencies and spiritual attitudes of the Italian Renaissance.






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Dante Alighieri


Dante, in full Dante Alighieri   (born c. May 21–June 20, 1265, Florence, Italy—died Sept. 13/14, 1321, Ravenna), Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La Commedia, later named La Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy).







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