With Dante in Modern Florence

Title

With Dante in Modern Florence

Name

Lacy, Mary E.

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Description

"The object of this little book is to help the reader to re-construct as far as may be the Florence of Dante, and to gather together whatever is still left in the City that will serve to throw light either on the Divina Commedia or on the history of the Author. In the last chapter an account will be found of the manner in which Florence Repentant has sought — all too late — to reconcile herself to the son who, while living, she so ruthlessly thrust out into the cold world, that lay " fuori," beyond his birthplace."

Type of resource

Book

Language

English

Publisher

John Murray

Place of Publication

London

Date of Publication

1912

Era

1900–1939

Type of reception

Literary

Creative

Genre of reception

Travel writing

Travel guide

Number of volumes

1

Other editions

First-edition floral painted vellum binding (1912)

With Dante in Modern Florence (American edn)

Format

8vo.

Physical Description

xiv, 252 pages frontispiece, plates, portraits 19 cm

Reception: reviewed in

Montrose Standard - Friday 31 May 1912;

Belfast News-Letter - Tuesday 28 May 1912

Westminster Gazette - Monday 03 June 1912

Kinross-shire Advertiser - Saturday 15 June 1912

The Athenaeum - 22 June 1912
'Perhaps all of the contents of this excellent little book are to be found in other English books, but scarcely in so handy and compact a form; and its value is increased by twenty-eight well chosen illustrations from photographs. It would have been wiser if the writer had frankly stated in her preface her indebtedness to some of her English predecessors; but the book shows originality in the skill with which a slight sketch of the poet's life is interwoven with local descriptions of Florence and Ravenna. [...] As a whole the book is singularly free from inaccuracies and unbalanced statements.

The Bookman - August 1912

The Academy - 24 August 1912
'Miss Lacy has rendered a great service to lovers of Dante by the publication of this excellent volume and it will take a prominent place among the copious literature devoted to this inexhaustible subject. She has succeeded in revealing the Florence of six centuries ago'

The Saturday Review - 31 August 1912
'The Study of Dante has spread so widely that Miss Lacy has been well inspired in writing this book. Even many who are in no sense students of the poet take a more or less interest in his connection with Florence, and will learn a good deal both of the poet and his native city from these pages. Many beginners who desire to make a serious effort to understand the early sorroundings which moulded his character will be helped on their way by its means. This book is clearly not intended for those who have already any deep knowledge of Dante, but what the author has certainly carried out well and thoroughly, and she attempts no fine writing, but tells in a simple style a straightforward story. [...] Those who visit Florence for the first time should find it very useful'.

Provenance: Public, Circulating or Subscription Libraries

Biblioteca del Gabinetto Scientifico Letterario G.P. Vieusseux (biblioteca circolante 1864-1892)

Provenance: Historical Libraries

British Institute of Florence Library

Current Holding Libraries

Britain

University of Bristol Libraries
British Library
University of Cambridge Libraries
University of Edinburgh Libraries
University of Glasgow Library
National Library of Scotland
Queen's University Belfast
University of St Andrews Library

UCL Library Services

Bookplate of H. St. John Brooks on front pastedown endpaper.

Ireland
Trinity College Dublin Library

Italy
Biblioteca dell'Accademia Petrarca di lettere, arti e scienze - Arezzo (AR)
Biblioteca comunale Giulio Cesare Croce - San Giovanni in Persiceto (BO)
Biblioteca Marucelliana - Firenze (FI)
Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria - Torino (TO)