EI Portraits — Alexander Lee on Guittone d’Arezzo, Dante’s forgotten muse

January 10, 2025

At a time of moral and political crisis, the medieval poet pioneered a daring and emotive vernacular style which inspired generations of Italian literature. Read by Sebastian Brown.

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