Dante and the Franciscans

Poverty and the Papacy in the 'Commedia'

AvNick Havely

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Nick Havely examines the connections between Dante, the Franciscans and the Papacy as they appear in the Commedia and presents the poem as one concerned with an often dramatic confrontation between authority and idealism in the Church. Havely draws on a wide range of literary, historical and art-historical sources relating to the controversy about Franciscan poverty during the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. This study will appeal to scholars interested in medieval religious and intellectual history, as well as to readers of Dante's poem.

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Utgivningsdatum:2009-01-08
Mått:152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt:350 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
Antal sidor:236
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521099042

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Nicholas Havely is senior lecturer in the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York. He is the translator of Chaucer's Boccaccio (1980, 1992); editor of The House of Fame (1994), Chaucer's Dream Poetry (1997) and Dante's Modern Afterlife (1998); and author of numerous articles on Italian and English medieval literature, including the chapter on `Literature in Italian, French and English' in volume VI of The New Cambridge Medieval History (2000).

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'Dante and the Franciscans makes an impressive case that issues connected with Franciscan poverty have much to do with the Commedia on every level. Yet at the same time, the author's illuminating analyses of particular cantos of the poem show that he is anything but reductive in describing the influence of medieval Franciscanism and the poverty debates of the poem … The book succeeds on two levels: First it contextualises the poem in ways that should allow for a new appreciation (as well as further investigation) of Dante as prophet and critic of political and religious abuse. And second, the book provides careful readings in all three cantiche, which allow us to see Dante yet again as a poet unmatched in his ability to mine the discourses available to him.' Speculum

Innehållsförteckning

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note on citations, translations and manuscript sources; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. From shame to honour: Tuscan and Franciscan poverty; 2. Inferno: avarice and authority'; 3. Purgatorio: poverty in spirit; 4. Paradiso: poverty and authority; Epilogue; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.