Human Vices and Human Worth in Dante's Comedy - Softcover

Boyde, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521026652 ISBN 13: 9780521026659

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Patrick Boyde brings Dante's thought and poetry into focus for the modern reader by restoring the Comedy to its intellectual and literary context in 1300. He begins by describing the authorities that Dante acknowledged in the field of ethics and the modes of thought he shared with the great thinkers of his time. Boyde concentrates on the poetic representation of the most important vices and virtues in the Comedy. He stresses the heterogeneity and originality of Dante's treatment, and the challenges posed by his desire to harmonize these divergent value systems.

About this title

About the Author:

Patrick Boyde is Serena Professor of Italian in the University of Cambridge and Fellow of St John's College. He is the author of Dante's Style in his Lyric Poetry (Cambridge,1971) and Night Thoughts on Italian Poetry and Art (Cambridge,1985). Human Vices and Human Worth in Dante's Comedy is the third book in his trilogy, which also comprises Dante Philomythes and Philosopher: Man in the Cosmos (Cambridge,1981), and Perception and Passion in Dante's Comedy'(Cambridge,1993).

Review:

"An admirable book..." Speculum

"The ten chapters of the volume, subdivided into four parts, are accompanied by invaluable notes and an extremely well organized bibliography." Italian Bookshelf

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0521026652
• ISBN 13: 9780521026659
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336