Italian Poetry - Literary Criticism, General & Miscellaneous Italian Fiction & Prose Literature - Literary Criticism, Florence (Italy) - History, General & Miscellaneous Medieval History, Italian History - 962 - 1494 (Medieval & Renaissance Italy)
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Overview
Simon Gilson explores Dante's reception in his native Florence between 1350 and 1481. He traces the development of Florentine civic culture and the interconnections between Dante's principal 'Florentine' readers, from Giovanni Boccaccio to Cristoforo Landino, and explains how and why both supporters and opponents of Dante exploited his legacy for a variety of ideological, linguistic, cultural, and political purposes. The book focuses on a variety of texts, both Latin and vernacular, in which reference was made to Dante, from commentaries to poetry, from literary lives to letters, from histories to dialogues.Synopsis
Simon Gilson examines Dante's reception in Florence in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, when Dante was represented, commemorated and debated in a variety of ways. Paying particular attention to Dante's influence on major authors such as Boccaccio and Petrarch, Italian humanism, and civic identity and popular culture in Florence, Gilson ranges across literature, philosophy and art, languages and social groups.Book Details
Published
January 1, 2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pages
344
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780521100182