UID:
edocfu_9959243296102883
Format:
1 online resource (239 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4426-8572-7
Series Statement:
Toronto Italian Studies
Content:
Building a Monument to Dante employs literary analysis coupled with philological and historical evidence to argue that Boccaccio's multifaceted work as Dante's editor, biographer, apologist, and commentator created a literary figure that could support Boccaccio's poetic and political ideologies.
Note:
Editor: medieval and modern -- Boccaccio, editor of Dante -- The legacy of Boccaccio's edition of Dante -- Sopra il monumento di Dante -- Boccaccio and the genres of medieval biography -- An empty tomb -- Boccaccio's advice to Petrarca: read Dante! -- The Corbaccio: Boccaccio's vernacular parody -- Boccaccio's Latin Dante -- Pro Dante poeta -- Boccaccio's Esposizioni: Dante as 'vernacular humanist' -- Boccaccio's Paradiso -- Boccaccio Dantista and the Decameron.
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""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: A Monument to Dante Allighieri""; ""1 Editor: Shaping the Material""; ""Editor � Medieval and Modern""; ""Boccaccio, Editor of Dante""; ""The Legacy of Boccaccio�s Edition of Dante""; ""2 Biographer: Crafting the Figure""; ""Sopra il monumento di Dante""; ""Boccaccio and the Genres of Medieval Biography""; ""An Empty Tomb""; ""3 Apologist: Defending the Monument""; ""Boccaccio�s Advice to Petrarca: Read Dante!""; ""The Corbaccio: Boccaccio�s Vernacular Parody""; ""4 Commentator: Presenting the Monument""
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""Boccaccio�s Latin Dante""""Pro Dante Poeta""; ""Boccaccio�s Esposizioni: Dante as �Vernacular Humanist�""; ""Boccaccio�s Paradiso""; ""Conclusion: Boccaccio the Architect""; ""Boccaccio Dantista and the Decameron""; ""Notes""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
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Issued also in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4426-4051-0
Language:
English
Keywords:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.3138/9781442685727
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