03349nam 2200613 450 991046242450332120200520144314.01-4426-6361-810.3138/9781442663619(CKB)2670000000186389(OCoLC)785803036(CaPaEBR)ebrary10541244(SSID)ssj0000645403(PQKBManifestationID)11383363(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000645403(PQKBWorkID)10681896(PQKB)10840310(CEL)443380(CaBNVSL)slc00228545(MiAaPQ)EBC4669709(DE-B1597)479133(OCoLC)987933904(DE-B1597)9781442663619(Au-PeEL)EBL4669709(CaPaEBR)ebr11256231(EXLCZ)99267000000018638920160921h20112011 uy 0engurcn||||||a||txtccrDante's Tenzone with Forese Donati the reprehension of vice /Fabian AlfieToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2011.©20111 online resource (225 p.) Toronto Italian Studies1-4426-4223-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Dante's Harsh New Style -- 1 La debita correzione: The Poetics of Insult in the Duecento -- 2 Ad personam, ad stipitem: Readings of the Sonnets -- 3 Hellish Echoes: Reminiscences of the Correspondence in Inferno XXIX and XXX -- 4 The Terrace of the Tenzone: Purgatorio XXIII and XXIV -- 5 Citations and Interpretations: The Literary Memory of the Sonnets in Boccaccio and Others -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Manuscripts and Stemmas -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index'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.Toronto Italian studies.Invective in literatureElectronic books.Invective in literature.851/.1Alfie Fabian921011MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462424503321Dante's Tenzone with Forese Donati2065734UNINA