Dante's Idea of Friendship : The Transformation of a Classical Concept.
Modesto, Filippa.
Dante's Idea of Friendship : The Transformation of a Classical Concept. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (266 pages) - Toronto Italian Studies . - Toronto Italian Studies .
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Classical Friendship: Aristotle and Dante's Convivio -- 3. Cicero's De Amicitia and Dante's Convivio -- 4. Christian Friendship -- 5. The Vita Nuova: Dante's Friendship with Guido Cavalcanti and Others -- 6. Amor and Amicizia in Inferno 2 -- 7. Friendship in Purgatorio 30 and Purgatorio 31 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
In Dante's Idea of Friendship, Filippa Modesto offers sharp readings of the Commedia, Vita Nuova, and Conviviothat demonstrate Dante's interest in that theme.
9781442624139
Dante Alighieri,-1265-1321.-Divina commedia.
Friendship in literature.
Electronic books.
PQ4432.F75.M634 2015eb
851/.1
Dante's Idea of Friendship : The Transformation of a Classical Concept. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (266 pages) - Toronto Italian Studies . - Toronto Italian Studies .
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Classical Friendship: Aristotle and Dante's Convivio -- 3. Cicero's De Amicitia and Dante's Convivio -- 4. Christian Friendship -- 5. The Vita Nuova: Dante's Friendship with Guido Cavalcanti and Others -- 6. Amor and Amicizia in Inferno 2 -- 7. Friendship in Purgatorio 30 and Purgatorio 31 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
In Dante's Idea of Friendship, Filippa Modesto offers sharp readings of the Commedia, Vita Nuova, and Conviviothat demonstrate Dante's interest in that theme.
9781442624139
Dante Alighieri,-1265-1321.-Divina commedia.
Friendship in literature.
Electronic books.
PQ4432.F75.M634 2015eb
851/.1