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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791666603321

Autore

Houston Jason M. <1973->

Titolo

Building a monument to Dante : Boccaccio as Dantista / / Jason M. Houston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-4426-8572-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Collana

Toronto Italian Studies

Disciplina

858/.109

Soggetti

LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Editor: medieval and modern -- Boccaccio, editor of Dante -- The legacy of Boccaccio's edition of Dante -- Sopra il monumento di Dante -- Boccaccio and the genres of medieval biography -- An empty tomb -- Boccaccio's advice to Petrarca: read Dante! -- The Corbaccio: Boccaccio's vernacular parody -- Boccaccio's Latin Dante -- Pro Dante poeta -- Boccaccio's Esposizioni: Dante as 'vernacular humanist' -- Boccaccio's Paradiso -- Boccaccio Dantista and the Decameron.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: A Monument to Dante Allighieri""; ""1 Editor: Shaping the Material""; ""Editor � Medieval and Modern""; ""Boccaccio, Editor of Dante""; ""The Legacy of Boccaccio�s Edition of Dante""; ""2 Biographer: Crafting the Figure""; ""Sopra il monumento di Dante""; ""Boccaccio and the Genres of Medieval Biography""; ""An Empty Tomb""; ""3 Apologist: Defending the Monument""; ""Boccaccio�s Advice to Petrarca: Read Dante!""; ""The Corbaccio: Boccaccio�s Vernacular Parody""; ""4 Commentator: Presenting the Monument""

""Boccaccio�s Latin Dante""""Pro Dante Poeta""; ""Boccaccio�s Esposizioni: Dante as �Vernacular Humanist�""; ""Boccaccio�s Paradiso""; ""Conclusion: Boccaccio the Architect""; ""Boccaccio Dantista and the Decameron""; ""Notes""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N"";



""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

Building a Monument to Dante employs literary analysis coupled with philological and historical evidence to argue that Boccaccio's multifaceted work as Dante's editor, biographer, apologist, and commentator created a literary figure that could support Boccaccio's poetic and political ideologies.