Dante's Tenzone with Forese Donati

Dante's Tenzone with Forese Donati
Author: Fabian Alfie
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2011-11-19
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1442693479

‘And by now, mind, it’s too late to redeem your debts by giving up guzzling.’ Dante's poetic correspondence (or tenzone) with Forese Donati, a relative of his wife, was rife with crude insults: the two men derided one another on topics ranging from sexual dysfunction and cowardice to poverty and thievery. But in his Commedia, rather than denying this correspondence, Dante repeatedly acknowledged and evoked the memory of his youthful put-downs. Dante's Tenzone with Forese Donati examines the lasting impact of these sonnets on Dante's writings and Italian literary culture, notably in the work of Giovanni Boccaccio. Fabian Alfie expands on derision as an ethical dimension of medieval literature, both facilitating the reprehension of vice and encouraging ongoing debates about the true nature of nobility. Outlining a broad perspective on the uses of literary insult, Dante's Tenzone with Forese Donati also provides an evocative glimpse of Dante's day-to-day life in the twelfth century.

Dante's Tenzone with Forese Donati

Dante's Tenzone with Forese Donati
Author: Fabian Alfie
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1442642238

'And by now, mind, it's too late to redeem your debts by giving up guzzling.' Dante's poetic correspondence (or tenzone) with Forese Donati, a relative of his wife, was rife with crude insults: the two men derided one another on topics ranging from sexual dysfunction and cowardice to poverty and thievery. But in his Commedia, rather than denying this correspondence, Dante repeatedly acknowledged and evoked the memory of his youthful put-downs. Dante's Tenzone with Forese Donati examines the lasting impact of these sonnets on Dante's writings and Italian literary culture, notably in the work of Giovanni Boccaccio. Fabian Alfie expands on derision as an ethical dimension of medieval literature, both facilitating the reprehension of vice and encouraging ongoing debates about the true nature of nobility. Outlining a broad perspective on the uses of literary insult, Dante's Tenzone with Forese Donati also provides an evocative glimpse of Dante's day-to-day life in the twelfth century.

Dante's Poetry of the Donati

Dante's Poetry of the Donati
Author: Piero Boitani
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2007
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

Members of the Florentine family of the Donati feature prominently in Dante's Divine Comedy . Their presence is explored by Piero Boitani, as a 'comedy' within the Comedy, in close readings of the three major episodes in which they appear, one for each of Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso .

Dante's Poetry of Donati: The Barlow Lectures on Dante Delivered at University College London, 17-18 March 2005: No. 7

Dante's Poetry of Donati: The Barlow Lectures on Dante Delivered at University College London, 17-18 March 2005: No. 7
Author: Piero Boitani
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2017-12-02
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1351199374

"Members of the Florentine family of the Donati feature prominently in Dante's Divine Comedy . Their presence is explored by Piero Boitani, as a 'comedy' within the Comedy, in close readings of the three major episodes in which they appear, one for each of Inferno , Purgatorio , and Paradiso ."

The Cambridge Companion to Dante

The Cambridge Companion to Dante
Author: Rachel Jacoff
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2007-02-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0521844304

A fully updated 2007 edition of this useful and accessible coursebook on Dante's works, context and reception history.

Dante Encyclopedia

Dante Encyclopedia
Author: Richard Lansing
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 2067
Release: 2010-09-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 1136849718

Available for the first time in paperback, this essential resource presents a systematic introduction to Dante's life and works, his cultural context and intellectual legacy. The only such work available in English, this Encyclopedia: brings together contemporary theories on Dante, summarizing them in clear and vivid prose provides in-depth discussions of the Divine Comedy, looking at title and form, moral structure, allegory and realism, manuscript tradition, and also taking account of the various editions of the work over the centuries contains numerous entries on Dante's other important writings and on the major subjects covered within them addresses connections between Dante and philosophy, theology, poetics, art, psychology, science, and music as well as critical perspective across the ages, from Dante's first critics to the present.

The Cambridge Companion to Dante's ‘Commedia'

The Cambridge Companion to Dante's ‘Commedia'
Author: Zygmunt G. Barański
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2019
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1108421296

Accessible and informative account of Dante's great Commedia: its purpose, themes and styles, and its reception over the centuries.

Dante

Dante
Author: Marco Santagata
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2016-04-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0674969995

A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year A Marginal Revolution Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year A Seminary Co-op Notable Book of the Year A Times Higher Education Book of the Week A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year Marco Santagata’s Dante: The Story of His Life illuminates one of the world’s supreme poets from many angles—writer, philosopher, father, courtier, political partisan. Santagata brings together a vast body of Italian scholarship on Dante’s medieval world, untangles a complex web of family and political relationships for English readers, and shows how the composition of the Commedia was influenced by local and regional politics. “Reading Marco Santagata’s fascinating new biography, the reader is soon forced to acknowledge that one of the cornerstones of Western literature [The Divine Comedy], a poem considered sublime and universal, is the product of vicious factionalism and packed with local scandal.” —Tim Parks, London Review of Books “This is a wonderful book. Even if you have not read Dante you will be gripped by its account of one of the most extraordinary figures in the history of literature, and one of the most dramatic periods of European history. If you are a Dantean, it will be your invaluable companion forever.” —A. N. Wilson, The Spectator

Medieval Italy

Medieval Italy
Author: Christopher Kleinhenz
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 3134
Release: 2004-08-02
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1135948798

This Encyclopedia gathers together the most recent scholarship on Medieval Italy, while offering a sweeping view of all aspects of life in Italy during the Middle Ages. This two volume, illustrated, A-Z reference is a cross-disciplinary resource for information on literature, history, the arts, science, philosophy, and religion in Italy between A.D. 450 and 1375. For more information including the introduction, a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample pages, and more, visit the Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia website.