Dante's Divine Comedy in early Renaissance England the collision of two worlds Hughes, Jonathan 1952- creator author. text bibliography History. enk 2022 2022 monographic eng print xiv, 426 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm "Dante's Divine Comedy in Early Renaissance England compares the intellectual, emotional, and religious world of Dante in 13th-century Florence with that of a group of English intellectuals gathered around Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, uncle of the King, Henry VI. Here, Jonathan Hughes establishes that there was a Renaissance in 15th-century England, encouraged by the discovery and translations of works of Greek philosophers and developments in science and medicine; and that vernacular writers in Gloucester's circle, such as John Lydgate and Robert Hoccleve, were of fundamental importance in exploring the meaning of the self and man's relationship with the natural world and the classical past. However, the appearance in 15th-century England of Dante's 'Commedia', the most popular work of the Middle Ages, served to remind writers and readers of the cost of intellectual enquiry: the loss of faith in a harmonious and beautiful world; the redemptive power of the love of a woman; and the tangible presence of an afterlife. Engagingly written and meticulously researched, this innovative study shines a new perspective on Dante scholarship as well as offering a unique anaylsis of intellectual thought and culture in 15th-century England"-- Jonathan Hughes. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-uk--- e-uk-en Dante Alighieri 1265-1321 Influence Dante Alighieri 1265-1321 Appreciation Great Britain Dante Alighieri 1265-1321 Divina commedia (Dante Alighieri) English literature Middle English, 1100-1500 Literature and society England History To 1500 England Intellectual life 1066-1485 Art appreciation English literature Middle English Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Intellectual life Literature and society England Great Britain To 1500 fast PQ4385.G7 H84 2022 851/.1 Dante's Divine Comedy in early Renaissance England Hughes, Jonathan, 1952-. London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022 (DLC) 2021039863 9781350146273 1350146277 9781350146280 1350146285 9781350146303 9781350146297 2021039862 DLC 211006 20220429171607.4 in00004575885 eng