Reading Dante

by Mazzotta, Giuseppe

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Title Statements

Full title :Reading Dante / Giuseppe Mazzotta.

Summary

A towering figure in world literature, Dante wrote his great epic poem 'Commedia' in the early 14th century. The work gained universal acclaim and came to be known as 'La Divina Commedia', or 'The Divine Comedy'. Giuseppe Mazzotta brings Dante and his masterpiece to life in this exploration of the man, his cultural milieu and his unendingly fascinating works. Based on Mazzotta's highly popular Yale course, this book offers a critical reading of 'The Divine Comedy' and selected other works by Dante. Through an analysis of Dante's autobiographical Vita nuova, Mazzotta establishes the poetic and political circumstances of 'The Divine Comedy'. He situates the three sections of the poem - Inferno, Purgatory, Paradise - within the intellectual and social context of the late Middle Ages, and he explores the political, philosophical and theological topics with which Dante was particularly concerned.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Yale University Press
Place of Publication:New Haven
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xi, 293 pages).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780300199215, 030019921X
oclc:ocn865824317
LC Classification:PQ4390
Dewey Decimal:851/.1

Preface -- Lectio Brevis -- Vita Nuova -- Inferno 1-4 -- Inferno 5-7 -- Inferno 9-11 -- Inferno 12-16 -- Inferno 17-26 -- Inferno 27-29 -- Inferno 30-34 -- Purgatorio 1-2 -- Purgatorio 5-10 -- Purgatorio 11-17 -- Purgatorio 18-22 -- Purgatorio 24-26 -- Purgatorio 27-33 -- Paradiso 1-2 -- Paradiso 3-10 -- Paradiso 11-12 -- Paradiso 15-17 -- Paradiso 18-22 -- Paradiso 24-26 -- Paradiso 27-29 -- Paradiso 30-33 -- Notes -- Index.

Subjects

Art appreciation Criticism, interpretation, etc Dante Alighieri Italian literature Languages & Literatures LITERARY CRITICISM -- European POETRY -- Continental European Romance Literatures