Poetry in Dialogue in the Duecento and Dante argues for the vital place of dialogue within and between texts in the first two centuries of Italian literature. Through studies of the works of Dante (including his Divine Comedy) and three other major poets of the period–Guittone d'Arezzo, Guido Guinizzelli, and Guido Cavalcanti–this book demonstrates the interconnectedness of their poetry and sheds light on the ways in which these medieval poets interacted to develop new ways of writing and new modes of self-representation.