Research Catalog

Title

Dante in context / edited by Zygmunt G. Barański and Lino Pertile.

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Barański, Zygmunt G.
• Pertile, Lino

Description

xxv, 571 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"In the past seven centuries Dante has become world renowned, with his works translated into multiple languages and read by people of all ages and cultural backgrounds. This volume brings together interdisciplinary essays by leading, international scholars to provide a comprehensive account of the historical, cultural and intellectual context in which Dante lived and worked: from the economic, social and political scene to the feel of daily life; from education and religion to the administration of justice; from medicine to philosophy and science; from classical antiquity to popular culture; and from the dramatic transformation of urban spaces to the explosion of visual arts and music. This book, while locating Dante in relation to each of these topics, offers readers a clear and reliable idea of what life was like for Dante as an outstanding poet and intellectual in the Italy of the late Middle Ages"--

Series Statement

Literature in context

Uniform Title

Literature in context (Cambridge University Press)

Subject

• Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
• Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 > Contemporaries
• To 1559
• Literature and society > Italy > History > To 1500
• LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General
• Civilization
• Contemporaries
• Literature and society
• Italy > Civilization > 1268-1559
• Italy

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / Zygmunt G. Barański and Lino Pertile -- Part I. Politics and Society: -- 1. Empire, Italy, and Florence / William Caferro -- 2. Economy / William R. Day, Jr -- 3. Law / Sara Menzinger -- 4. Justice / Giuliano Milani -- 5. Men and women / Holly Hurlburt -- 6. Church and orthodoxy / George Dameron -- 7. Heresy and dissidence / David Burr -- 8. Daily life / Edward D. English -- Part II. Intellectual Traditions: -- 9. Philosophy and theology / Andrea A. Robiglio -- 10. Moral philosophy / Luca Bianchi -- 11. Natural philosophy / Edward Grant -- 12. Medicine / Michael R. McVaugh -- 13. Islamic and Jewish influences / Luis M. Girón Negrón -- 14. Cosmology, geography, and cartography / Theodore J. Cachey, Jr -- Part III. Linguistic and Literary Cultures: -- 15. Linguistic Italy / Mirko Tavoni -- 16. Education / Robert Black -- 17. Rhetoric, literary theory, and practical criticism / Ronald L. Martinez -- 18. Classical antiquity / Robert Black -- 19. Religious culture / Peter S. Hawkins -- 20. Visions and journeys / Eileen Gardiner -- 21. Historical and political writing / John C. Barnes -- 22. Vernacular literatures / Paolo Cherchi -- 23. Popular culture / Jan M. Ziolkowski -- Part IV. Visual and Performative Culture: -- 24. Illumination, painting and sculpture / Louise Bourdua -- 25. Architecture and urban space / Areli Marina -- 26. Music / Michael Scott Cuthbert -- Part V. Dante: Life, Works, and Reception: -- 27. Life / Lino Pertile -- 28. Works / Lino Pertile -- 29. Textual transmission / Zygmunt G. Barański -- 30. Early reception (1290-1481) / Zygmunt Barański.

Call Number

JFE 16-7740

ISBN

• 9781107033146 (hardback)
• 1107033144 (hardback)
• 9781316413142 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2015022566
• 40025398496

OCLC

914296319

Title

Dante in context / edited by Zygmunt G. Barański and Lino Pertile.

Publisher

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Literature in context

Literature in context (Cambridge University Press)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

To 1559

Added Author

Barański, Zygmunt G., editor.

Pertile, Lino, editor.

Other Standard Identifier

40025398496

Research Call Number

JFE 16-7740