Dante's "other works" : assessments and interpretations / edited by Zygmunt G. Baranski and Theodore J. Cachey, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barański, Zygmunt G., editor.

Cachey, T. J. (Theodore J.), editor.

Series:

William and Katherine Devers series in Dante and medieval Italian literature ; Volume 20.

The William and Katherine Devers series in Dante and medieval Italian literature ; Volume 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italian poetry--To 1400--History and critcism.

Italian poetry.

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

Dante Alighieri.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (475 pages)

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Rather than speak of Dante's 'minor works,' according to an age-old tradition of Dante scholarship going back at least to the eighteenth century, this volume puts forward the designation 'other works' both in light of their enhanced status and as part of a general effort to reaffirm their value as autonomous works. Indeed, had Dante never written the Commedia, he would still be considered the most important writer of the late Middle Ages for the originality and inventiveness of the other works he wrote besides his monumental poem, including the Rime, the Fiore, the Detto d'amore, the Vita nova, the Epistles, the Convivio, the De vulgari eloquentia, the Monarchia, the Egloge, and the Questio de aqua et terra. Each contributor to this volume addresses one of the 'other works' by presenting the principal interpretative trends and questions relating to the text, and by focusing on aspects of particular interest. Two essays on the relationship between the 'other works' and the issues of philosophy and theology are included."--Back cover.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Abbreviations and Editions

1.The Lyric Poetry

2. Fiore and Detto d'Amore

3. Vita nova

4. Epistles

5. Convivio

6. De vulgari eloquentia

7. Monarchia

8. Questio de aqua et terra

9. Egloge

10. Philosophy and the "Other Works"

11. Theology and the "Other Works"

Bibliography

List of Contributors

Index of Names

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Baranski, Zygmunt G. Dante's Other Works

ISBN:

9780268202378

0268202370

9780268202408

0268202400

OCLC:

1311329107