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Dante's idea of friendship : the transformation of a classical concept / Filippa Modesto.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Modesto, Filippa, 1957- author.
- Series:
- Toronto Italian studies.
- Toronto Italian Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia.
- Dante Alighieri.
- Divina commedia (Dante Alighieri).
- Friendship in literature.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- In Dante's Idea of Friendship, Filippa Modesto offers sharp readings of the Commedia, Vita Nuova, and Convivio that demonstrate Dante's interest in that theme.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Classical Friendship: Aristotle and Dante's Convivio
- Cicero's De Amicitia and Dante's Convivio
- Christian Friendship
- The Vita Nuova: Dante's Friendship with Guido Cavalcanti and Others
- Amor and Amicizia in Inferno
- Friendship in Purgatorio 30 and Purgatorio 31.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-2414-0
- 1-4426-2413-2
- OCLC:
- 940513064
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