DEFINITION OF LITERATURE The word literature is derived from the Latin term Litera which means letter. It has been defined by various writers. Because literature deals with ideas‚ thoughts and emotions of man‚ literature can be said to be the story of man. Man’s loves‚ griefs‚ thoughts‚ dreams‚ and aspirations coached in a beautiful language is Literature. In order to know the history of a nation’s spirit‚ one must read its literature. Brother Azurin defines Literature that it expresses the feelings
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the Poet Laureate. Prided himself on writing Africa‚ an unfinished Latin epic Inspiration: • “Laura‚” probably Laure de Sade‚ a married noblewoman from Avignon • Petrarch’s fictionalized relationship with Laura resembles the poetic stance Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) adopted toward Beatrice in his Vita Nuova and Divide Comedy. At times‚ the virtuous lady acts as a guide to his distressed soul. Themes: • the beauty of the idealized‚ virtuous mistress • hyperbolic praises of golden hair‚ white
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ceiling tomb designed by Michelangelo Pope Leo X Medici sold indulgences to pay for St. Peter’s Basilica challenged Martin Luther Pope Clement VII refused to give Henry VIII an annulment with Catherine of Aragon‚ leading to the Anglican Church Dante Alighieri Italian poet wrote "Divine Comedy" exiled from Florence for political reasons Giovanni Boccaccio wrote "The Decameron" in Italian vernacular supporter of Petrarch Sandro Botticelli Florentine painter "Birth of Venus‚" "Primavera" Filippo
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idea of a love that is both good and bad‚ and that love should be filled with hopeless romantics and obstacles keeping lovers apart. Troubadour poetry is still relevant in on our society‚ and has influenced the work of poets and musicians from Dante Alighieri to Johnny Cash. Love in these poems is a twisted‚ confusing concept that the poets and their readers alike struggle with understanding. In this poem‚ "On true love all my thoughts are bent‚" love is illustrated as an internal struggle of the poet
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http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/96703/Jean-Baptiste-Carpeaux http://garybolyer.com/2013/01/24/review-ugolino-and-his-sons-by-jean-baptiste-carpeaux/ http://www.nella-buscot.com/sculpture_19th_century.php Divine Comedy‚ Vol. I_ Inferno‚ The - Dante Alighieri & Mark Musa
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Paradise according to the deeds committed during life. If a person during his or her lifetime committed any sins‚ this person’s next world will be the Hell. The traditional view in which people refer to hell can be found in the book written by Dante Alighieri‚ "La Divina Commedia". The book states that the formation of Hell was given by the crash of Lucifer (the angel that wanted to be better than God) from the sky onto the earth. Crashing on the Earth in Jerusalem‚ his head formed an upside down cone
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to escape the war and the persecution that had caused it. We travelled from our hometown in Spain‚ a place called Badajoz in a train to Lisboa‚ Spain. Lisboa had a harbor and from there we boarded the ship that would take us to America. Dante Alighieri (sailed in 1926 the beginning of the war‚ according to the official Ellis Island records). Our family was quite poor‚ perhaps due to the pre-war persecution. It was for this reason we could not settle in a country inside Europe. My parents
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Portable Phonograph Footnotes: #’s 1‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7 1. badlands – section of barren land where erosion has cut the soil into ridges and peaks 4. Moby Dick – a classic American novel by Herman Melville; The Divine Comedy – a great epic poem by Dante Alighieri 5. The Tempest – Shakespeare’s last greatest comedy 6. Shelley – Percy Bysshe Shelley‚ an English poet 7. Debussy – Claude Debussy‚ a French
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1700s. The Renaissance introduced a more rational thinking about life and the world. The Renaissance is associated with great figures such as the humanist philosopher Pico della Mirandola‚ the great artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci‚ the poet Dante Alighieri‚ the artist Michelangelo‚ the political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli and many other influential personal and enthusiastic patrons during the Renaissance. This era marked the human surge to enhance rational thought and
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of what Roman Catholicism stands for‚ it is difficult to make political sense of the settlement of the Germanic tribes in Europe at the end of the Roman Empire‚ or intellectual sense of Thomas Aquinas‚ or literary sense of The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri‚ or artistic sense of the Gothic cathedrals‚ or musical sense of many of the compositions of Haydn or Mozart. At one level‚ of course‚ the interpretation of Roman Catholicism is closely related to the interpretation of Christianity as such.
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