1. The eighteenth-century reception : Dante and visual culture -- 2. The romantic translation of the Divine comedy : Henry Francis Caty's The Vision -- 3. Dante and high culture : the romantic search for an epic -- 4. "L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle": Shelley on Dante and love -- 5. John Keats and Dante : speaking the gods' language -- 6. William Blake : the romantic illustrator of Dante.
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Dante played a major role in the evolution of the European epic, a fact first recognised by the Romantic poets. Braida explores the importance of the 'Divine Comedy' for Keats, Shelley & Blake, seeking to know what drew them to this Christian fantasy.
Dante Alighieri,1265-1321-- Appreciation-- Great Britain.
Dante Alighieri,1265-1321-- Criticism and interpretation-- History.
Dante Alighieri,1265-1321-- Translations into English-- History and criticism.