Dante For Beginnerstakes the reader on a trip starting in hell and ending in heaven. The reader gets a quick introduction to Dante and his times. Next the reader meets a sweet lass named Beatrice and samples a bit of his other literary offerings such as the great feast the Convivio. But then it's on to the big one the Commedia and a canto by canto description of the entire work. Characters ideas and situations are described as they happen-no searching through end notes footnotes or field notes to distinguish Forese Donati Dante's pal from his evil brother Corso. The entire plan of the hereafter is simply mapped out.Dante For Beginnersis a great vacation with history's greatest tourist Dante Alighieri.
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Joe Leeis an illustrator cartoonist writer and clown. With a degree from Indiana University centering on Medieval History Joe is also a graduate of Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey's Clown College. He worked for some years as a circus clown. He is the illustrator of a baker's dozen of For Beginners books includingBarack Obama[Howard]Zinn Shakespeare Postmodernism Deconstruction Eastern Philosophy andGlobal Warmingamong others. Joe lives in Bloomington Indiana with his wife Mary Bess son Brandon cat George and the terriers (or rather terrors) Max and Jack.