The Shadow of Dante in French Renaissance Lyric: Scève's "Délie"

by Alison Baird Lovell

This book presents an interpretation of Maurice Sc ve's lyric sequence D lie, object de plus haulte vertu (Lyon, 1544) in literary relation to the Vita nuova, Commedia, and other works of Dante Alighieri. Dante's subtle influence on Sc ve is elucidated in depth for the first time, augmenting the allusions in D lie to the Canzoniere of Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca). Sc ve's sequence of dense, epigrammatic dizains is considered to be an early example,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150151797X
• ISBN13: 9781501517976
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"