An Idea of Dante

By Gianfranco Contini

This volume brings together all of Gianfranco Contini's essays on Dante. The collection opens with his Introduction to the Rime of Dante, a text he wrote in 1938 that has remained a point of reference for Dantean exegesis ever since. It is followed by a close reading of a famous sonnet from La vita nuova; a portrait of Dante as both character and poet in the Divine Comedy; an essay on Dante's relevance to our times; a comprehensive critical survey he calls "One Interpretation of Dante"; a methodological analysis titled "Philology and Dantean exegesis"; a "guide" to the poetry of Cavalcanti, to his relations with Dante, and to his presence in the Divine Comedy; and close readings of two Cantos of the Divine Comedy, Inferno III and Paradiso XXVIII. A series of commentaries on specific questions concludes the volume, which stands as an ideal introduction to the Dantean universe.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1946328316
• ISBN13: 9781946328311
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Agincourt Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"