| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 228 pages) : illustrations |
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Toronto Italian studies |
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Toronto Italian studies.
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| Contents |
""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"" |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
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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Print version record |
| Subject |
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Influence
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| SUBJECT |
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 fast |
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Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 fast |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Italian.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781442685727 |
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1442685727 |
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