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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.

List of contents










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

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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.

Product details

Authors Nicolino Applauso
Publisher Lexington Books
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 31.01.2020
 
EAN 9781498567787
ISBN 978-1-4985-6778-7
No. of pages 350
Series Studies in Medieval Literature
Subjects Fiction > Poetry, drama
Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies

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