Dante: Contemporary Perspectives gathers recent and newly commissioned articles on Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), whose epic the Divine Comedy, is one of the landmarks of world literature. The essays in this volume probe current critical assumptions about the celebrated Italian poet, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political theorist. Dante`s attitude towards poetic authority and language comes under scrutiny in several essays, while others examine his political thought and his views on women and gender. Several articles focus exclusively on the Divine Comedy, and, in particular, on its distinctive textual characteristics. There are new readings of two of the Divine Comedy`s most important episodes - those of Paolo and Francesca, the Earthly Paradise, and Ulysses - whose significance extends far beyond their immediate contexts. These essays bring into focus Dante`s bold narrative innovations and reflections on literature and history.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 851/.1
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 0802029655 9781442673717
- LCCN
- PQ4390
- LCCN Item number
- D36 1996eb
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- CaOTU
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xxii, 299 p.)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)thg00600852 (OCoLC)431544580 (CaOOCEL)417688
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOTU
Table of Contents
- CONTENTS 6
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 8
- INTRODUCTION 10
- Dante and Medieval Poetics 26
- Palinode and History in the Oeuvre of Dante 46
- Dante and the Classics 74
- Dante and the Bible: Biblical Citation in the Divine Comedy 97
- Forbidden Love: Metaphor and History (Inferno 5) 117
- Dante's Ulysses: Narrative and Transgression 136
- Narrative Design in Dante's Earthly Paradise 156
- A Desire of Paradise and a Paradise of Desire: Dante and Mysticism 171
- Dante and the Authority of Poetic Language 190
- Dante and Politics 204
- Dante and Androgyny 218
- Singing the Book: Orality in the Reception of Dante's Comedy 237
- Interpreting the Commentary Tradition to the Comedy 263
- Reader's Application and the Moment of Truth in Dante's Divine Comedy 282
- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 304
- INDEX 308
- A 308
- B 309
- C 310
- D 311
- E 314
- F 314
- G 315
- H 316
- I 316
- J 316
- K 316
- L 317
- M 317
- N 318
- O 318
- P 318
- Q 319
- R 319
- S 320
- T 321
- U 321
- V 321
- W 322
- Z 322
