Building a Monument to Dante Boccaccio as Dantista
| Author/creator | University of Toronto Press Staff |
| Other author | Houston, Jason Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Toronto : University of Toronto Press |
| Description | 272 p. 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Toronto Italian Studies |
| Summary | Annotation <p>The shadow of Dante Alighieri looms large in the works of Giovanni Boccaccio, and yet the full extent of Boccaccio's relationship to Dante remains largely unexplored. <em>Building a Monument to Dante</em>employs literary analysis coupled with philological and historical evidence to argue that Boccaccio's multifaceted work as Dante's editor, biographer, apologist, and commentator created a literary figure that could support Boccaccio's poetic and political ideologies.</p><p>Jason Houston finds in Boccaccio's biographical writings a strong condemnation of Florentine politics and a harsh critique of Petrarch's political isolation, distinguishing Boccaccio's political and intellectual positions from those of both Dante and Petrarch. Reading the <em>Trattatello in Laude di Dante</em>and other writings as works intended to promote Dante as a brilliant political exemplum to the city of Florence, Houston discovers the processes by which Boccaccio constructed an image of Dante that continues to influence the way that readers understand the poet's life and works.</p> |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781442640511 |
| ISBN | 1442640510 (Book, Other) Postponed |
| Standard identifier# | 9781442640511 |
| Stock number | 00200604 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |