Boccaccio's Expositions on Dante's ‹em›Comedy‹/em›.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.

Contributor:

Papio, Michael, 1967-

Series:

Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library series.

The Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia.

Dante Alighieri.

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Criticism and interpretation.

Divina commedia (Dante Alighieri).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (773 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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."--Jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : Boccaccio as Lector Dantis

Accessus

Canto I : literal exposition

Canto I : allegorical exposition

Canto II : literal exposition

Canto II : allegorical exposition

Canto III : literal exposition

Canto III : allegorical exposition

Canto IV : literal exposition

Canto IV : allegorical exposition

Canto V : literal exposition

Canto V : allegorical exposition

Canto VI : literal exposition

Canto VI : allegorical exposition

Canto VII : literal exposition

Canto VII : allegorical exposition

Canto VIII : literal exposition

Canto VIII : allegorical exposition

Canto IX : literal exposition

Canto IX : allegorical exposition

Canto X : literal exposition

Canto XI : literal exposition

Canto XII : literal exposition

Canto XII : allegorical exposition

Canto XIII : literal exposition

Canto XIII : allegorical exposition

Canto XIV : literal exposition

Canto XIV : allegorical exposition

Canto XV : literal exposition

Canto XVI : literal exposition

Canto XVII : literal exposition.

Notes:

Translation of: Esposizioni sopra la Comedia di Dante.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [711]-730) and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

1-4426-9739-3

OCLC:

1076448814