danteists

Updated: May 11, 2025

Those who were most constantly present were Lowell and Professor Norton, but from time to time others came in, and we seldom sat down at the nine-o'clock supper that followed the reading of the canto in less number than ten or twelve. The criticism, especially from the accomplished Danteists I have named, was frank and frequent.

William Dean Howells - White Mr. Longfellow, the (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance)

Those who were most constantly present were Lowell and Professor Norton, but from time to time others came in, and we seldom sat down at the nine-o'clock supper that followed the reading of the canto in less number than ten or twelve. The criticism, especially from the accomplished Danteists I have named, was frank and frequent.

William Dean Howells - Literary Friends and Acquaintance; a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship