"In the fall of 1373, the city of Florence commissioned Giovanni Boccaccio to give lectures on Dante for the general population. These lectures, undeniably the most learned of all the early commentaries, came to be known as the Expositions on Dante's Divine Comedy. Though interrupted at In...

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1. Verfasser:	Boccaccio, Giovanni 1313-1375 (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English Italian
Veröffentlicht:	Toronto [u.a.] Univ. of Toronto Press 2009
Schriftenreihe:	The Lorenzo da Ponte italian library
Schlagworte:	Dante Alighieri / 1265-1321 / Divina commedia Dante Alighieri / 1265-1321 / Criticism and interpretation Dante Alighieri <1265-1321> - Critique et interprétation Dante Alighieri <1265-1321> / Divina commedia Dante Alighieri <1265-1321> > Divina commedia Dante Alighieri <1265-1321> > Criticism and interpretation
Zusammenfassung:	"In the fall of 1373, the city of Florence commissioned Giovanni Boccaccio to give lectures on Dante for the general population. These lectures, undeniably the most learned of all the early commentaries, came to be known as the Expositions on Dante's Divine Comedy. Though interrupted at Inferno XVII, they provide profound, near-contemporary interpretations of Dante's poem and contain, in many ways, some of the most beautiful aspects of Boccaccio's admirable literary production: narrative vignettes worthy of the best pages of the Decameron, insights on the rapidly changing approach to literary commentary, and a heartfelt belief that poetry is the most faithful guardian of history, philosophy, and theology." "Michael Papio's excellent translation finally makes the entirety of Boccaccio's often overlooked masterpiece accessible to a wider public and supplies a wealth of information in the introduction and notes that will prove useful to specialists and general readers alike."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references: p. [711] - 730
Beschreibung:	VI, 764 S.
ISBN:	9780802099754 0802099750