Dante

Informationen zum Autor Michael Caesar Klappentext The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work! enabling students and researchers to read the material themselves. Zusammenfassung As part of the Critical Heritage series, this volume gathers together a body of critical sources on Dante. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Dante Alighieri, letter to Cangrande della Scala; Chapter 2 Giovanni del Virgilio, epistle to Dante; Chapter 3 Giovanni del Virgilio, epitaph intended for Dante's tomb; Chapter 4 Cecco d'Ascoli, against Dante's'poetic' treatment of science; Chapter 5 Fra Guido Vernani, censure of Dante's Monarchia; Chapter 6 Jacopo Alighieri, notes to the Inferno; Chapter 7 Graziolo de' Bambaglioli, Proem to his commentary on the Inferno; Chapter 8 Jacopo della Lana, commentary on Purgatory XXXII, 10941; Chapter 9 Guido da Pisa, Prologue to his commentary on the Inferno; Chapter 10 L'Ottimo (Andrea Lancia), commentary on Inferno XIII, 1038; Chapter 11 Pietro Alighieri, Dante's seven kinds of meaning; Chapter 12 The six early commentaries on the opening lines of Inferno III, the inscription above the gate of hell; Chapter 13 Giovanni Villani, Chronicle of Florence: the first biography of Dante; Chapter 14 Francesco Petrarca, letter to Boccaccio; Chapter 15 Giovanni Boccaccio, life of Dante; Chapter 16 Giovanni Boccaccio, commentary on Inferno X, 5272; Chapter 17 Geoffrey Chaucer, Ugolino and gentillesse in The Canterbury Tales; Chapter 18 Benvenuto da Imola, Guido da Montefeltro ( Inferno XXVII, 2530); Chapter 19 Francesco da Buti, the allegorical interpretation of Beatrice; Chapter 20 Filippo Villani, on the life and customs of the distinguished comic poet Dante; Chapter 21 Coluccio Salutati, appeal for a decent text of the Comedy; Chapter 22 Leonardo Bruni, censure and exaltation of Dante; Chapter 23 Francisco Imperial, the seven virtues; Chapter 24 Christine de Pizan, the path of long study; Chapter 25 Alain Chartier, the Donation of Constantine; Chapter 26 Leonardo Bruni, Life of Dante, and comparison with Petrarch; Chapter 27 St Antoninus, the Florentine poet Dante and his errors; Chapter 28 Marsilio Ficino, Preface to his translation of the Monarchia; Chapter 29 Cristoforo Landino, commentary to the Divine Comedy; Chapter 30 Hartmann Schedel, Chronicle of the Worl...

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Michael Caesar

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First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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As part of the Critical Heritage series, this volume gathers together a body of critical sources on Dante.

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Chapter 1 Dante Alighieri, letter to Cangrande della Scala; Chapter 2 Giovanni del Virgilio, epistle to Dante; Chapter 3 Giovanni del Virgilio, epitaph intended for Dante's tomb; Chapter 4 Cecco d'Ascoli, against Dante's'poetic' treatment of science; Chapter 5 Fra Guido Vernani, censure of Dante's Monarchia; Chapter 6 Jacopo Alighieri, notes to the Inferno; Chapter 7 Graziolo de' Bambaglioli, Proem to his commentary on the Inferno; Chapter 8 Jacopo della Lana, commentary on Purgatory XXXII, 109-41; Chapter 9 Guido da Pisa, Prologue to his commentary on the Inferno; Chapter 10 L'Ottimo (Andrea Lancia), commentary on Inferno XIII, 103-8; Chapter 11 Pietro Alighieri, Dante's seven kinds of meaning; Chapter 12 The six early commentaries on the opening lines of Inferno III, the inscription above the gate of hell; Chapter 13 Giovanni Villani, Chronicle of Florence: the first biography of Dante; Chapter 14 Francesco Petrarca, letter to Boccaccio; Chapter 15 Giovanni Boccaccio, life of Dante; Chapter 16 Giovanni Boccaccio, commentary on Inferno X, 52-72; Chapter 17 Geoffrey Chaucer, Ugolino and gentillesse in The Canterbury Tales; Chapter 18 Benvenuto da Imola, Guido da Montefeltro ( Inferno XXVII, 25-30); Chapter 19 Francesco da Buti, the allegorical interpretation of Beatrice; Chapter 20 Filippo Villani, on the life and customs of the distinguished comic poet Dante; Chapter 21 Coluccio Salutati, appeal for a decent text of the Comedy; Chapter 22 Leonardo Bruni, censure and exaltation of Dante; Chapter 23 Francisco Imperial, the seven virtues; Chapter 24 Christine de Pizan, the path of long study; Chapter 25 Alain Chartier, the Donation of Constantine; Chapter 26 Leonardo Bruni, Life of Dante, and comparison with Petrarch; Chapter 27 St Antoninus, the Florentine poet Dante and his errors; Chapter 28 Marsilio Ficino, Preface to his translation of the Monarchia; Chapter 29 Cristoforo Landino, commentary to the Divine Comedy; Chapter 30 Hartmann Schedel, Chronicle of the Worl