Irma Brandeis
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Irma Brandeis was a Jewish-American scholar of Dante Alighieri
. Her work The Ladder of Vision was acclaimed as a breakthrough in Dantean studies, upon its publication in the 1960s.
In her visits to Italy
between 1933 and 1939 Brandeis became acquainted with the poet Eugenio Montale
and was the inspiration for the metaphysical figure - senhal (code name) Clizia in his poetry (especially on Le Occasioni). The love story is narrated on Montale's posthumous book Lettere a Clizia (A.Mondadori, Milan 2006).
Dante Alighieri
Durante degli Alighieri, mononymously referred to as Dante , was an 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 ...
. Her work The Ladder of Vision was acclaimed as a breakthrough in Dantean studies, upon its publication in the 1960s.
In her visits to Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
between 1933 and 1939 Brandeis became acquainted with the poet Eugenio Montale
Eugenio Montale
Eugenio Montale was an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975.- Early years :...
and was the inspiration for the metaphysical figure - senhal (code name) Clizia in his poetry (especially on Le Occasioni). The love story is narrated on Montale's posthumous book Lettere a Clizia (A.Mondadori, Milan 2006).
External links
- Brandeis' defense of Allen MandelbaumAllen MandelbaumAllen Mandelbaum was a American professor of Italian literature, poet, and translator. He was the W. R...
's translation of the Divine Comedy - Contemporary Archive "Alessandro Bonsanti"