Understanding Dante (William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante and Medieval Italian Literature)

Firmly grounded in the latest advances of Dante scholarship, Understanding Dante offers an original and uniquely detailed, global analysis of Dante as poet of the Comedy that will be welcomed by those who read the poem in translation as well as by those who study the original Italian text. At the same time, Scott's book will be welcome for its rich and insightful analysis of the whole corpus of Dante's writings, as well as Scott's mastery of the vast sea of critical literature in various languages. Scott bridges the gap that often exists between Dante studies in English-speaking countries and the great tradition of Dante scholarship in the poet's homeland. No work in English about the great Italian poet can rival Understanding Dante's scope in both depth and breadth of close reading and critical vision. John Scott Offers Readers At All Levels A Critical Overview Of Dante's Writings: Five Chapters Deal With His New Life Of Love And Poetry (vita Nova), The Banquet Of Knowledge (convivio), His Latin Treatise On Language And Poetics (de Vulgari Eloquentia), Italian Lyrics (rime), And His Blueprint For World Government (monarchia). The Next Five Chapters Concentrate On Dante's Masterpiece, The Comedy: Its Structure, Dante's Worldview (still Relevant Today), And The Comedy Examined As A Poem. --university Of Notre Dame Press. Dante's New Life: Vita Nova -- Language And The Craft Of Literature: De Vulgari Eloquentia -- Dante's Lyric Poetry: Rime -- Dante's Banquet Of Knowledge: Convivio -- Dante's Vision Of World Empire And Peace: Monarchia -- The Comedy, Prolegomena: The Prologue Scene (inferno I-2) -- Dante's Other World: Moral Order -- Dante's Other World: Topography And Demography -- Dante And Classical Antiquity -- The Poet Of The Comedy -- The Comedy And The Bible -- Dante And His Contemporary World -- Dante's Latin Epistles, Questio De Aqua Et Terra, And Eclogues. John A. Scott. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 411-434) And Indexes. Firmly grounded in the latest advances of Dante scholarship, Understanding Dante offers an original and uniquely detailed, global analysis of Dante as poet of the Comedy that will be welcomed by those who read the poem in translation as well as by those who study the original Italian text. At the same time, Scotts book will be welcome for its rich and insightful analysis of the whole corpus of Dantes writings, as well as Scotts mastery of the vast sea of critical literature in various languages. Scott bridges the gap that often exists between Dante studies in English-speaking countries and the great tradition of Dante scholarship in the poets homeland. No work in English about the great Italian poet can rival Understanding Dante s scope in both depth and breadth of close reading and critical vision. Cover Half title Series page Title page Copyright Dedication Contents Preface Electronic Resources Editions of Dante's Works Abbreviations Chronology, 1215-1321 Illustrations Chapter 1: Dante's New Life Chapter 2: Language and the craft of literature Chapter 3: Dante's lyric poetry Chapter 4: Dante's Banquet of knowledge Chapter 5: Dante's vision of world empire and peace Chapter 6: The Comedy, prolegomena Chapter 7: Dante's other world—Moral order Chapter 8: Dante's other world—Topography and demography Chapter 9: Dante and classical antiquity Chapter 10: The poet of the Comedy Chapter 11: Dante and his contemporary world Chapter 12: Latin epistles, Questio de aqua et terra, and eclogues Glossary Notes Works Cited Index of Names and Notable Matters Index of Passages from Dante's Works Since the beginning of civilized society, discovering life and love afresh has been the privilege of youth.