Desire in Dante and the Middle Ages
By: edited by Manuele Gragnolati ... [et al.].
Publisher: Legenda/Modern Humanities Research Association and Maney Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9781907747960
Subjects: Themes, motives; Criticism and interpretation; History and criticism; Desire in literature; Medieval Literature
Description: "This volume takes Dante's rich and multifaceted discourse of desire, from the Vita Nova to the Commedia, as a point of departure in investigating medieval concepts of desire in all their multiplicity, fragmentation and interrelation. As well as offering several original contributions on this fundamental aspect of Dante's work, it seeks to situate the Florentine writer more effectively within the broader spectrum of medieval culture and to establish greater intellectual exchange between Dante scholars and those from other disciplines. The volume is open to diverse critical and methodological approaches, and explores the extent to which modern theoretical paradigms can be used to shed light upon the Middle Ages."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-254) and index.