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Early Lives of Dante

Giovanni Boccaccio, Leonardo Bruni

Read by Algy Pug · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Preface and introduction (22:32)
Boccaccio's Encomium on Dante - Proem (8:13)
Boccaccio's Encomium on Dante - Dante’s Birth and Studies (11:50)
Boccaccio's Encomium on Dante - His Love of Beatrice, and his Marriage (20:15)
Boccaccio's Encomium on Dante - His Family Cares, Honours and Exile (8:28)
Boccaccio's Encomium on Dante - His Flight from Florence and his Wanderings (7:28)
Boccaccio's Encomium on Dante - His Death and Funeral Honours (7:31)
Boccaccio's Encomium on Dante - Denunciation of the Florentines (13:26)
Boccaccio's Encomium on Dante - His Appearance, Habits and Character (10:16)
Boccaccio's Encomium on Dante - Digression concerning Poesy (9:22)
Boccaccio's Encomium on Dante - The difference between Poesy and Theology (9:44)
Boccaccio's Encomium on Dante - The Laurel granted to Poets (4:47)
Boccaccio's Encomium on Dante - Dante’s Excellencies and Defects (8:26)
Boccaccio's Encomium on Dante - Diverse Works written by Dante (4:38)
Boccaccio's Encomium on Dante - Incidents that came to pass concerning the Divine Comedy (8:55)
Boccaccio's Encomium on Dante -Dante's Use of the vernacular (3:38)
Boccaccio's Encomium on Dante -The De Monarchia and other Works (6:07)
Boccaccio's Encomium on Dante -The Dream of Dante’s Mother. Conclusion (15:25)
Lionardo Bruni - Life of Dante - Part 1 (10:57)
Lionardo Bruni - Life of Dante - Part 2 (11:55)
Lionardo Bruni - Life of Dante - Part 3 (13:04)
Appendix 1 - Extract from Giovanni Villani’s Florentine Chronicle (5:10)
Appendix 2 - Extract from Filippo Villani’s Life of Dante in his De Origine Civitatis Florentice et ejusdem Famosit Civibus (3:20)
Appendix 3 - A Document preserved in a MS. of Boccaccio’s (7:29)