The Purpose Of Dante's Works

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Consequently, the main purpose of this essay is to show the political reasons for which Dante's works acquired a so high value during a specific political-historical momentum in which Italy and the whole Europe needed a new political arrangement. In addition, this essay's aim is to find valid elements able to explain the real reasons for which some politicized authors such Foscolo, Rossetti and Valli, in a particular historical period for their country, felt the need to reinterpret the work of a Medieval author, suggesting of them a different readings that stand out among all others of the same nature for their radical position and for a more determined efforts to offer a complete reinterpretation of Dante's political-religious thought and

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