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Reading Dante (The Open Yale Courses Series)

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Reading Dante (The Open Yale Courses Series)

A towering figure in world literature, Dante wrote his great epic poem Commedia in the early fourteenth century. The work gained universal acclaim and came to be known as La Divina Commedia, or The Divine Comedy. Giuseppe Mazzotta brings Dante and his masterpiece to life in this exploration of the man, his cultural milieu, and his endlessly fascinating works.

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Based on Mazzottaâ€™s highly popular Yale course, this book offers a critical reading of The Divine Comedy and selected other works by Dante. Through an analysis of Danteâ€™s autobiographical Vita nuova, Mazzotta establishes the poetic and political circumstances of The Divine Comedy. He situates the three sections of the poemâ€”Inferno, Purgatory, Paradiseâ€”within the intellectual and social context of the late Middle Ages, and he explores the political, philosophical, and theological topicsÂ with which Dante was particularly concerned.
Country USA
Brand Yale University Press
Manufacturer Yale University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780300191356
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780300191356
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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