Explores the domain of the aesthetic in Dante
During his lifetime, Dante was condemned as corrupt and banned from Florence on pain of death. But in 1329, eight years after his death, he was again viciously condemned—this time as a heretic and false prophet—by Friar Guido Vernani.
"L'etterno Piacer": Aesthetic Ideas in Dante
John Freccero is internationally renowned for his scholarship on Dante, Petrarch, Macchiavelli, and other authors. Currently Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at New York University, he has also taught...
Dante & the Unorthodox: The Aesthetics of Transgression
In turn, the middle ground of Purgatorio is where Harman locates Dante's clearest theory of sincerity. Yet this is only the beginning.
This book introduces the reader to the literary work and to an understanding of its cultural background and its specific features, presenting basic topics and ideas in their historical context and development in Western culture.
"Published for the UCD Foundation for Italian Studies."--Title page.
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The Mind and Art of Dante
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