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Reading Dante
Series: The Open Yale Courses
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This book is well suited for students, scholars, and readers with an interest in medieval literature, poetry, and cultural history, especially those seeking a rich and contextual understanding of Dante's masterpiece within its original milieu.
A towering figure in world literature, Dante wrote his great epic poem the Commedia in the early fourteenth century. The work gained universal acclaim and came to be known as La Divina Commedia, or The Divine Comedy. This title brings Dante and his masterpiece to life in this exploration of the man, his cultural milieu, and his unendingly works.
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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. Based on Mazzotta’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 Dante’s autobiographical Vita nuova, Mazzotta establishes the poetic and political circumstances of The Divine Comedy. He situates the three sections of the poem—Inferno, Purgatory, Paradise—within the intellectual and social context of the late Middle Ages, and he explores the political, philosophical, and theological topics with which Dante was particularly concerned.
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Peter Hainsworth of TLS praises Mazzotta's lively style and insightful interpretation, noting how the book effectively communicates Dante's intellectual and spiritual complexity. He remarks that although Mazzotta's approach is somewhat idiosyncratic, it offers meaningful perspectives likely to intrigue students and readers interested in Dante's enduring significance.
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ISBN: 9780300191356
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 14 January 2014
Country: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 354g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Giuseppe Mazzotta is Sterling Professor of Humanities in Italian, Yale University. A specialist in medieval literature, he addresses all periods of Italian literature and culture in his extensive writings. He lives in Woodbridge, CT.
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