The Cambridge Companion to Dante's 'Commedia' (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

This Newly Commissioned Volume Presents A Focused Overview Of Dante's Masterpiece, The Commedia, Offering Readers Of Today Wide-ranging Insights Into The Poem And Its Core Features. Leading Scholars Discuss Matters Of Structure, Narrative, Language And Style, Characterization, Doctrine, And Politics, In Chapters That Make Their Own Contributions To Dante Criticism By Raising Problems And Questions That Call For Renewed Attention, While Investigating Contextual Concerns As Well As The Current State Of Criticism About The Poem. The Commedia Is Also Placed In A Variety Of Cultural And Historical Contexts Through Accounts Of The Poem's Transmission And Reception That Explore Both Its Contemporary Influence And Its Continuing Legacy Today. With Its Accessible Approach, Its Unstinting Focus On The Poem And Its Attention To Matters That Have Not Always Received Adequate Critical Assessment, This Volume Will Be Of Value To All Students And Scholars Of Dante's Great Poem.--publisher's Description Introduction / Zygmunt G. Barański And Simon Gilson -- Narrative Structure / Lino Pertile -- Dante Alighieri, Dante-poet, Dante-character / Giuseppe Ledda -- Characterization / Laurence E. Hooper -- Moral Structure / George Corbett -- Title, Genre, Metaliterary Aspects / Theodore J. Cachey, Jr. -- Language And Style / Mirko Tavoni -- Allegories Of The Corpus / James C. Kriesel -- Classical Culture / Simone Marchesi -- Vernacular Literature And Culture / Tristan Kay -- Religious Culture / Paola Nasti -- Doctrine Simon Gilson -- Politics / Claire E. Honess -- Genesis, Dating, And Dante's 'other Works' / Zygmunt G. Barański -- Transmission History / Prue Shaw -- Early Reception Until 1481 / Anna Pegoretti -- Later Reception From 1481 To The Present / Fabio Camilletti. Edited By Zygmunt G. Barański (university Of Cambridge And University Of Notre Dame), Simon Gilson (university Of Oxford). Includes Bibliographical References (pages 271-284) And Indexes. This Newly Commissioned Volume Presents A Focused Overview Of Dante's Masterpiece, The Commedia, Offering Readers Of Today Wide-ranging Insights Into The Poem And Its Core Features. Leading Scholars Discuss Matters Of Structure, Narrative, Language And Style, Characterization, Doctrine, And Politics, In Chapters That Make Their Own Contributions To Dante Criticism By Raising Problems And Questions That Call For Renewed Attention, While Investigating Contextual Concerns As Well As The Current State Of Criticism About The Poem. The Commedia Is Also Placed In A Variety Of Cultural And Historical Contexts Through Accounts Of The Poem's Transmission And Reception That Explore Both Its Contemporary Influence And Its Continuing Legacy Today. With Its Accessible Approach, Its Unstinting Focus On The Poem And Its Attention To Matters That Have Not Always Received Adequate Critical Assessment, This Volume Will Be Of Value To All Students And Scholars Of Dante's Great Poem.--publisher's Description Introduction / Zygmunt G. Barański And Simon Gilson -- Narrative Structure / Lino Pertile -- Dante Alighieri, Dante-poet, Dante-character / Giuseppe Ledda -- Characterization / Laurence E. Hooper -- Moral Structure / George Corbett -- Title, Genre, Metaliterary Aspects / Theodore J. Cachey, Jr. -- Language And Style / Mirko Tavoni -- Allegories Of The Corpus / James C. Kriesel -- Classical Culture / Simone Marchesi -- Vernacular Literature And Culture / Tristan Kay -- Religious Culture / Paola Nasti -- Doctrine Simon Gilson -- Politics / Claire E. Honess -- Genesis, Dating, And Dante's 'other Works' / Zygmunt G. Barański -- Transmission History / Prue Shaw -- Early Reception Until 1481 / Anna Pegoretti -- Later Reception From 1481 To The Present / Fabio Camilletti. Edited By Zygmunt G. Barański (university Of Cambridge And University Of Notre Dame), Simon Gilson (university Of Oxford). Includes Bibliographical References (pages 271-284) And Indexes. A comprehensive and informative account of Dante's masterpiece, the Commedia, in essays by leading scholars. Chapters cover the main themes and motifs of the poem, its handling of narrative and literary matters, its cultural context, and its hugely influential afterlife, through textual transmission and readers' responses over the centuries.