Dante: Convivio - A Dual-Language Critical Edition

This up-to-date and engaging translation of Dante's Convivio makes this important text accessible to scholars and students.

List of contents

Translator's preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the Convivio: a portrait; Dante and Lady Philosophia-Sapientia; Dante's quest for knowledge; Dante and nobility; Convivio: Book I; Book II; Book III; Book IV; Appendix: prose translations of the 'Three Canzoni'; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Originally from Boston, Andrew Frisardi lives in Central Italy. His work as a writer, translator, and independent scholar has been awarded with a Fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation, a Raiziss de Palchi Translation Award from the Academy of American Poets, and a Hawthornden Literary Fellowship. His edition of Dante's Vita nova, with translation, introduction, and notes, was published in 2012. He has also published translations of the poetry of Giuseppe Ungaretti and Franco Loi.

Summary

Dante translator-scholar Andrew Frisardi has produced the first fully annotated English translation of Dante's Convivio, and the first to include the parallel Italian text. The translation into modern English as well as the editorial commentary will make this volume essential for scholars and enthusiasts of Dante and early Italian literature.

Product details

• Authors: Dante Alighieri
• Assisted by: Andrew Frisardi (Translation), Frisardi Andrew (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781107139367
• ISBN: 978-1-107-13936-7
• No. of pages: 726
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Poetry by individual poets, Italian, Literary essays, Literary reference works, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets