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| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| ISBN 13 | 9781107196551 |
| ISBN 10 | 1107196558 |
| Book Description | Simon A. Gilson's new volume provides the first comprehensive account of the critical and editorial reception in Renaissance Italy, particularly Florence, Venice and Padua, of the work of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Gilson investigates a range of textual frameworks and related contexts that influenced the way in which Dante's work was produced and circulated, from editing and translation to commentaries, criticism and public lectures. In so doing he overturns the received notion that Dante and his work were eclipsed during the Renaissance. Central themes of investigation include the contestation of Dante's authority as a 'classic' writer and the various forms of attack and defence employed by his detractors and partisans. The book pays close attention not only to the Divine Comedy but also to the Convivio and other of Dante's writings, and explores the ways in which the reception of these works was affected by contemporary developments in philology, literary theory, philosophy, theology, science and printing. |
| About the Author | Simon Gilson is Agnelli-Serena Professor of Italian at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Magdalen College. He has published extensively on Dante, Dante's reception, and the literary and philosophical culture of the Italian Renaissance. He is the author of Dante and Renaissance Florence (Cambridge, 2005) and has edited numerous volumes on science and literature, heresy and mysticism, and vernacular Aristotelianism. |
| Language | English |
| Author | Simon A Gilson |
| Publication Date | 2018 |
| Number of Pages | 446 |
Reading Dante In Renaissance Italy: Florence, Venice And The 'Divine Poet' Hardcover English by Simon A Gilson - 2018
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