The Figure of Dante

Name: The Figure of Dante
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An Essay on The Vita Nuova

By Jerome Mazzaro

Series: Princeton Legacy Library

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Jerome Mazzaro delves into Dante's Vita Nuova as an artistic reflection of how Dante envisioned himself. The book analyses the work's structure in connection with medieval concepts of memory, identity, music, form, and interpretation, contextualised within Dante's historical and cultural milieu.
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This scholarly work is ideal for readers with an interest in medieval literature, Dante studies, and the intersections of art, memory, and cultural history.

Jerome Mazzaro examines Dante's Vita Nuova as an artistic correlative to what Dante conceived as an image of himself. Specifically, he explores the structure of the work in relation to medieval views of memory, self, music, form, and interpretation, and against the facts of Dante's life and culture as we have come to know them. Originally publishe

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Jerome Mazzaro examines Dante's Vita Nuova as an artistic correlative to what Dante conceived as an image of himself. Specifically, he explores the structure of the work in relation to medieval views of memory, self, music, form, and interpretation, and against the facts of Dante's life and culture as we have come to know them.

Originally published in 1981, the Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.

The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.