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Reading as the Angels Read: Speculation and Politics in Dante´s ´Banquet´
Maria Luisa Ardizzone
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Hardback. In Reading as the Angels Read, Ardizzone reconstructs the cultural and socio-political background that provided the motivation for the Banquet and offers a bold new reading of this ambitious work. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
An uncompleted manuscript that combines lyric poetry and prose commentary, the Banquet (or Convivio) is one of Dante Alighieri's most important and least understood philosophical texts. As Maria Luisa Ardizzone shows, its language and logic are deeply connected to medieval culture and the philosophical debates of the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. In Reading as the Angels Read, Ardizzone reconstructs the cultural and socio-political background that provided the motivation for the Banquet and offers a bold new reading of this ambitious work. Drawing on a deep knowledge of Dante's engagement with biblical, Augustinian, Neoplatonic, and Aristotelian philosophy, she ... Read more
An uncompleted manuscript that combines lyric poetry and prose commentary, the Banquet (or Convivio) is one of Dante Alighieri's most important and least understood philosophical texts. As Maria Luisa Ardizzone shows, its language and logic are deeply connected to medieval culture and the philosophical debates of the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. In Reading as the Angels Read, Ardizzone reconstructs the cultural and socio-political background that provided the motivation for the Banquet and offers a bold new reading of this ambitious work. Drawing on a deep knowledge of Dante's engagement with biblical, Augustinian, Neoplatonic, and Aristotelian philosophy, she ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Condition
New
Series
Toronto Italian Studies
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442637061
SKU
V9781442637061
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About Maria Luisa Ardizzone
Maria Luisa Ardizzone is a professor in the Department of Italian Studies at New York University.
Reviews for Reading as the Angels Read: Speculation and Politics in Dante´s ´Banquet´
`Ardizzone contribution is subtle and illuminating... She sets before her readers a banquet that constitutes an important contribution to the field of Dante studies.'
Jason Aleksander
Renaissance Quarterly vol 70:04:2017
Jason Aleksander
Renaissance Quarterly vol 70:04:2017