Modesto, Filippa. <br/><br/>
Dante's Idea of Friendship :  The Transformation of a Classical Concept. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (266 pages) 
 - Toronto Italian Studies .
 - Toronto Italian Studies .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442624139 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dante Alighieri,-1265-1321.-Divina commedia.<br/>Friendship in literature.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PQ4432.F75.M634 2015eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>851/.1