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Dante's Idea of Friendship : The Transformation of a Classical Concept.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Toronto Italian StudiesPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (266 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442624139
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dante's Idea of FriendshipDDC classification:
  • 851/.1
LOC classification:
  • PQ4432.F75.M634 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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