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Dante in Context

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Dante in Context
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Zygmunt G. Baranski
Edited by Lino Pertile
SeriesLiterature in Context
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:597
Dimensions(mm): Height 230,Width 152
Category/GenreLiterary studies - classical, early and medieval
Literary studies - poetry and poets
ISBN/Barcode 9781108412834
ClassificationsDewey:851.1
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises; 2 Printed music items; 3 Maps; 18 Halftones, unspecified; 18 Halftones, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 27 July 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In the past seven centuries Dante has become world renowned, with his works translated into multiple languages and read by people of all ages and cultural backgrounds. This volume brings together interdisciplinary essays by leading, international scholars to provide a comprehensive account of the historical, cultural and intellectual context in which Dante lived and worked: from the economic, social and political scene to the feel of daily life; from education and religion to the administration of justice; from medicine to philosophy and science; from classical antiquity to popular culture; and from the dramatic transformation of urban spaces to the explosion of visual arts and music. This book, while locating Dante in relation to each of these topics, offers readers a clear and reliable idea of what life was like for Dante as an outstanding poet and intellectual in the Italy of the late Middle Ages.

Author Biography

Zygmunt G. Baranski is Serena Professor of Italian Emeritus at the University of Cambridge and Notre Dame Chair of Dante and Italian Studies at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. Lino Pertile is Carl A. Pescosolido Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University, Massachusetts, and Director of the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies at Villa I Tatti, Florence.