Understanding Dante
By: John A. Scott.
Series: The William and Katherine Devers series in Dante studies -- [v. 6]
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Notre Dame, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 466
Subjects: Dante Alighieri, -- 1265-1321 -- Criticism and interpretation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-434) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Dante's new life: Vita Nova; title: Language and the craft of literature: de vulgari eloquentia; title: Dante's lyric poetry: Rime; title: Dante's banquet of knowledge: Convivio; title: Dante's vision of world empire and peace: Monarchia; title: The Comedy, prolegomena: The prologue scene (Inferno I-2); title: Dante's other world: Moral order; title: Dante's other world: Topography and demography; title: Dante and classical antiquity; title: The poet of the Comedy; title: The Comedy and the Bible; title: Dante and his contemporary world; title: Dante's Latin epistles, Questio de aqua et terra, and eclogues.