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The sibling of a more famous admirer of this poet composed a study of this poet’s “world” and “pilgrimage,” titled for his “Shadow.” (-5[1])The author of many “double works of art” [emphasize] based on this poet made an 1861 translation of a book by him that begins by noting the “incipit” in “that part of the book of my (15[1])memory.” This poet’s given name was taken by an author who coined the word “yesteryear” in a translation of (15[1])François Villon’s Ballade and translated this poet’s prosimetrum on courtly love written in the (*) “sweet new style.” The poet of “The Blessed Damozel” often painted his wife Elizabeth Siddal as this poet’s muse, who, in a poem’s third section, guides this poet through paradise. For 10 (10[1])points, Christina Rossetti’s brother took the name of what poet of La Vita Nuova and the Divine (10[1])Comedy? ■END■

ANSWER: Dante Alighieri [or Dante Alighieri; or Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri; accept The Shadow of Dante] (The Shadow of Dante is by Maria Francesca Rossetti.)
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