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Together, the essays show how Iannucci’s reading of central cruxes in Dante’s texts continues to inspire Dante studies – a testament to his continuing influence and profound intellectual legacy.
List of contents
PrefaceBibliography of works by Amilcare Iannucci (University of Toronto, Comparative Literature)
List of Contributors
Note on Editions and Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Zygmunt G. Baräski (University of Cambridge, Italian)
‘Lascio cotale trattato ad alto chiosatore’:
Form, Literature and Exegesis in Dante’s
Vita Nova Chapter 2: Teodolinda Barolini (Columbia University, Italian)
A Cavalcantian
Vita Nuova: Dante’s Canzoni
Lo doloroso amor che mi conduce and
E’ m’incresce di me sì duramente Chapter 3: Robert Hollander (Princeton University, European Literature)
Dante’s Cato Again
Chapter 4: Elena Lombardi (Jesus College Oxford, Italian)
‘Che libido fe’ licito in sua legge’:
Lust and Law, Reason and Passion in Dante
Chapter 5: Carolynn Lund-Mead (Independent scholar)
The
Vulgata in the
Commedia: Self-Interpreting Texts
Chapter 6: Maggie Kilgour (McGill University, English)
Dante’s Ovidian Doubling
Chapter 7: Massimo Ciavolella (University of California Los Angeles, Italian)
Esoteric Interpretations of the
Divine Comedy Chapter 8: Piero Boitani (University of Rome, Comparative Literature)
Ersed Irredent: The Irish Dante
About the author
Edited by Maggie Kilgour and Elena Lombardi
Summary
Together, the essays show how Iannucci's reading of central cruxes in Dante's texts continues to inspire Dante studies - a testament to his continuing influence and profound intellectual legacy.
