The Cambridge Companion to Dante's ‘Commedia' (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Categories: Books, Literature & Fiction, Poetry



Dimensions: 6 x 0.75 x 8.75 inches
ISBN-13: 978-1108431705
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1108431704
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print length: 326 pages
Publication date: May 2, 2019
author: Zygmunt G. Barański Simon Gilson
review: Editorial Reviews Book Description Accessible and informative account of Dante's great Commedia: its purpose, themes and styles, and its reception over the centuries. About the Author Zygmunt Guido Barański is Serena Professor of Italian Emeritus at the University of Cambridge and Notre Dame Chair of Dante and Italian Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Among his publications are 'Sole nuovo luce nuova'. Saggi sul rinnovamento culturale in Dante (1996), Dante e i segni (2000), 'Chiosar con altro testo'. Leggere Dante nel Trecento (2001) and with Lino Pertile Dante in Context (Cambridge, 2015). Simon Gilson is Agnelli-Serena Professor of Italian at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Magdalen College. He is the author of Dante and Renaissance Florence (Cambridge, 2005) and Reading Dante in Renaissance Italy: Florence, Venice and the 'Divine Poet' (Cambridge, 2018).