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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.” 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 memory.” This poet’s given name was taken by an author who coined the (-5[1])word “yesteryear” in a translation of François (-5[1])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 (10[1])muse, who, in a (10[1])poem’s third section, guides this poet through (10[1])paradise. For 10 points, (10[1])Christina Rossetti’s brother took the name of what poet of (10[1])La (10[1])Vita Nuova and the Divine (10[1])Comedy? (10[1])■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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