Fr. 180.00

Dante''s Comedy and the Ethics of Invective in Medieval Italy - Humor and Evil

English · Hardback

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This book proposes a new approach to invective and comic poetry in the Middle Ages and opens the way for an innovative understanding of Dante’s masterpiece. It also unveils new biographical data from Italian state archives (published in English for the very first time) about important poets from medieval Italy.

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Chapter 1: The Invective Genre in Dante and His Contemporaries: An Introduction

Chapter 2: The Role of Invective in Medieval Tuscany

Chapter 3: Rustico Filippi of Florence and the Guelph and Ghibelline Wars

Chapter 4: Cecco Angiolieri of Siena: Blame and Parody under the Governo dei Nove

Chapter 5: War Propaganda, Activism, and Knighthood in Folgore da San Gimignano

Chapter 6: Humor and Evil in Dante's Global Invective

Chapter 7: Conclusion


About the author

Nicolino Applauso is visiting assistant professor of Italian at Loyola University Maryland.

Summary

This book proposes a new approach to invective and comic poetry in the Middle Ages and opens the way for an innovative understanding of Dante’s masterpiece. It also unveils new biographical data from Italian state archives (published in English for the very first time) about important poets from medieval Italy.

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