DANTE IN CONTEXT by Zygmunt G. Bara'nski (Editor), Lino Pertile (Editor) ( 9781107033146 )

Item Details

Title:

DANTE IN CONTEXT

By:

Zygmunt G. Bara'nski (Editor), Lino Pertile (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

List price:

£133.00

Our price:

£126.35

Discount:

5% off

You save:

£6.65

ISBN 10:

1107033144

ISBN 13:

9781107033146

Availability:

Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.

Delivery rates

Stock:

Currently 0 available

Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

29 September, 2015

Series:

Literature in Context

Pages:

594

Description:

Leading international experts provide an essential framework for the interdisciplinary study of Dante and the late Middle Ages.

Synopsis:

In the past seven centuries Dante has become world renowned, with his works translated into multiple languages and read by people of all ages and cultural backgrounds. This volume brings together interdisciplinary essays by leading, international scholars to provide a comprehensive account of the historical, cultural and intellectual context in which Dante lived and worked: from the economic, social and political scene to the feel of daily life; from education and religion to the administration of justice; from medicine to philosophy and science; from classical antiquity to popular culture; and from the dramatic transformation of urban spaces to the explosion of visual arts and music. This book, while locating Dante in relation to each of these topics, offers readers a clear and reliable idea of what life was like for Dante as an outstanding poet and intellectual in the Italy of the late Middle Ages.

Illustrations:

20 b/w illus. 3 maps 2 music examples

Publication:

Imprint:

Cambridge University Press

Returns:

Returnable

Some other items by this author:

"FIORE" IN CONTEXT (HB)

CULTURE AND CONFLICT IN POSTWAR ITALY (PB)

DANTE IN CONTEXT (PB)

DANTE THE LYRIC AND ETHICAL POET (HB)