Freedom readers : the African American reception of Dante Alighieri and the Divine Comedy / Dennis Looney.
Looney, Dennis.
2011
PQ4385.U5 L66 2011 (Mapit)
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Title Freedom readers : the African American reception of Dante Alighieri and the Divine Comedy / Dennis Looney.
Author Looney, Dennis.
ISBN 9780268033866 (paperback) (alkaline paper)
0268033862 (paperback) (alkaline paper)
Imprint Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2011.
Language English
Description xiv, 280 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number PQ4385.U5 L66 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 851/.1
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series William and Katherine Devers series in Dante studies ; v. 12.
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