Dante's "Vita Nova"

Auteur

Zygmunt G. Baräski is Serena Professor Emeritus at the University of Cambridge, Emeritus R. L. Canala Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Notre Dame, and co-editor of Dante s Other Works : Assessments and Interpretations (University of Notre Dame Press, 2022).

Heather Webb is professor of medieval Italian literature and culture at the University of Cambridge and author of Dante, Artist of Gesture.

Texte du rabat

This original volume proposes a novel way of reading Dante s Vita nova, exemplified in a rich diversity of scholarly approaches to the text.

This groundbreaking volume represents the fruit of a two-year-long series of international seminars aimed at developing a fresh way of reading Dante s Vita nova. By analyzing each of its forty-two chapters individually, focus is concentrated on the Vita nova in its textual and historical context rather than on its relationship to the Divine Comedy. This decoupling has freed the contributors to draw attention to various important literary features of the text, including its rich and complex polysemy, as well as its structural fluidity. The volume likewise offers insights into Dante s social environment, his relationships with other poets, and Dante s evolving vision of his poetry s scope. Using a variety of critical methodologies and hermeneutical approaches, this volume offers scholars an opportunity to reread the Vita nova in a renewed context and from a diversity of literary, cultural, and ideological perspectives.

Contributors: Zygmunt G. Baräski, Heather Webb, Claire E. Honess, Brian F. Richardson, Ruth Chester, Federica Pich, Matthew Treherne, Catherine Keen, Jennifer Rushworth, Daragh O Connell, Sophie V. Fuller, Giulia Gaimari, Emily Kate Price, Manuele Gragnolati, Elena Lombardi, Francesca Southerden, Rebecca Bowen, Nicolò Crisafi, Lachlan Hughes, Franco Costantini, David Bowe, Tristan Kay, Filippo Gianferrari, Simon Gilson, Rebekah Locke, Luca Lombardo, Peter Dent, George Ferzoco, Paola Nasti, Marco Grimaldi, David G. Lummus, Helena Phillips-Robins, Aist Kiltinavi i t , Alessia Carrai, Ryan Pepin, Valentina Mele, Katherine Powlesland, Federica Coluzzi, K. P. Clarke, Nicolò Maldina, Theodore J. Cachey Jr., Chiara Sbordoni, Lorenzo Dell Oso, and Anne C. Leone.

Contenu

Preface: Dante s Vita nova: A Collaborative Reading, by Zygmunt G. Baräski and Heather WebbVita nova I-IV by Claire E. HonessVita nova I [1.1], by Brian F. RichardsonVita nova II [1.2-10], by Ruth ChesterVita nova III [1.12-2.2], by Federica PichVita nova IV [2.3-5], by Matthew TreherneVita nova V-XII by Catherine KeenVita nova V and VI [2.6 2.11], by Catherine KeenVita nova VII [2.12-18], by Jennifer RushworthVita nova VIII [3], by Daragh O ConnellVita nova IX [4], by Sophie V. FullerVita nova X and XI [5.1-7], by Giulia GaimariVita nova XII [5.8-24], by Emily Kate PriceVita nova XIII-XVIII Just a Passing Phase, by Manuele Gragnolati, Elena Lombardi, and Francesca SoutherdenVita nova XIII [6], by Rebecca BowenVita nova XIV [7], by Nicolò CrisafiVita nova XV [8], by Lachlan HughesVita nova XVI [9], by Franco CostantiniVita nova XVII-XVIII [10.1-11], by David BoweVita nova XIX-XXIV by Tristan KayVita nova XIX [10.12-33], by Filippo GianferrariVita nova XX [11], by Simon GilsonVita nova XXI [12], by Rebekah LockeVita nova XXII [13], by Luca LombardoVita nova XXIII [14], by Peter DentVita nova XXIV [15], by George FerzocoVita nova XXV-XXVII as Truth, by Paola NastiVita nova XXV [16], by Rebecca BowenVita nova XXVI [17], by Marco GrimaldiVita nova XXVII [18], by David G. LummusVita nova XXVIII-XXXIV Poetics of a New Affective Community, by Heather WebbVita nova XXVIII [19.1-3], by Helena Phillips-RobinsVita nova XXIX [19.4-7], by Aist Kiltinavi i t Vita nova XXX [19.8-10], by Alessia CarraiVita nova XXXI [20], by Ryan PepinVita nova XXXII [21], by Valentina MeleVita nova XXXIII [22], by Katherine PowleslandVita nova XXXIV [23], by Katherine PowleslandVita nova XXXV-XXXIX by Simon GilsonVita nova XXXV [24], by Federica ColuzziVita nova XXXVI-XXXVII [25-26], by K. P. ClarkeVita nova XXXVIII-XXXIX [27-28], by Nicolò MaldinaVita nova XL-XLII Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, by Theodore J. Cachey JrVita nova XL [29], by Chiara SbordoniVita nova XLI [30], by Lorenzo Dell OsoVita nova XLII [31], by Anne C. LeoneBibliographyList of contributorsIndex