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Dante’s Bones : How a Poet Invented Italy / Guy P. Raffa.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Raffa, Guy P.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Relics.
- Dante Alighieri.
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Death and burial.
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Tomb.
- National characteristics, Italian.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 370 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2020]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Like a saint’s relics, Dante’s bones have been stolen, exhumed, and worshiped. Guy Raffa narrates the Florentine poet’s hereafter—the physical afterlife of the writer who vividly imagined the spiritual afterlife. In the story of the bones lies the tale of Dante’s evolution from Renaissance to Italian to nationalist hero, and finally global icon.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Author’s Note
- Prologue: A Discovery of Bones
- Introduction: Dante's Ghost
- One. Bones of Contention and Nationhood
- Two. Bones of Contention and Nationhood
- Three. Relics of Return and Renewal
- Note on Texts and Translations
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780674246966
- 0674246969
- 9780674246980
- 0674246985
- OCLC:
- 1153077894
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