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Dante's golden legend : auto-hagiography in the Divine comedy
- Title
- Dante's golden legend : auto-hagiography in the Divine comedy / Mary Alexandra Watt.
- Author
- Watt, Mary Alexandra,
- Publication
- Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, 2021.
- ©2021
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Details
- Description
- 239 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Dante's Golden Legend proposes that the Divine Comedy represents not only Dante's autobiography but also his attempt to portray himself as a martyr-saint whose poem will cleanse the Holy Roman Empire and the Papacy, of the corruption that prevents Rome from fulfilling its destiny as the City of God"--
- Subject
- Autobiography in literature
- Convivio (Dante Alighieri)
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 > Criticism and interpretation
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
- Divina commedia (Dante Alighieri)
- Hagiography in literature
- Literature, Medieval > History and criticism
- Literature, Medieval
- Self in literature
- Vita nuova (Dante Alighieri)
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Literary criticism.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Preface: The Divine Comedy as Auto-hagiography -- Life-Writing in the Middle Ages -- Dante's First Life: The Vita nuova -- The Convivio: Dante as Redeemer -- A Canticle of Caritas -- Exile: The Long Way Home -- Epilogue: Dante Legend.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-8104
- ISBN
- 9780881468083
- 0881468088
- LCCN
- 2021026541
- 40030743553
- OCLC
- 1258670762
- Author
- Watt, Mary Alexandra, author.
- Title
- Dante's golden legend : auto-hagiography in the Divine comedy / Mary Alexandra Watt.
- Publisher
- Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40030743553
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-8104