Dante's Tenzone with Forese Donati
The Reprehension of Vice
728 kr
Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.
Fler format och utgåvor
Beskrivning
‘And by now, mind, it’s too late to redeem your debts by giving up guzzling.’Dante's poetic correspondence (or tenzone) with Forese Donati, a relative of his wife, was rife with crude insults: the two men derided one another on topics ranging from sexual dysfunction and cowardice to poverty and thievery. But in his Commedia, rather than denying this correspondence, Dante repeatedly acknowledged and evoked the memory of his youthful put-downs.Dante's Tenzone with Forese Donati examines the lasting impact of these sonnets on Dante's writings and Italian literary culture, notably in the work of Giovanni Boccaccio. Fabian Alfie expands on derision as an ethical dimension of medieval literature, both facilitating the reprehension of vice and encouraging ongoing debates about the true nature of nobility. Outlining a broad perspective on the uses of literary insult, Dante's Tenzone with Forese Donati also provides an evocative glimpse of Dante's day-to-day life in the twelfth century.
Produktinformation
Utforska kategorier
Mer om författaren
Recensioner i media
Innehållsförteckning
Hoppa över listan
Mer från samma författare
Poetry of Burchiello: Deep–fried Nouns, Hunchbacked Pumpkins, and Other Nonsense
Fabian Alfie, Aileen A. Feng
Inbunden, 2017
637 kr
Hoppa över listan
Du kanske också är intresserad av
- Nyhet
Poetry of Burchiello: Deep–fried Nouns, Hunchbacked Pumpkins, and Other Nonsense
Fabian Alfie, Aileen A. Feng
Inbunden, 2017
637 kr