The Unexpected Dante: Perspectives on the Divine Comedy

Lucia Alma Wolf,Francesco Ciabattoni,Bernardo Piciche,Kristina M. Olson

The Unexpected Dante: Perspectives on the Divine Comedy
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Country
United States
Published
1 December 2021
Pages
238
ISBN
9781684483563

The Unexpected Dante: Perspectives on the Divine Comedy

Lucia Alma Wolf,Francesco Ciabattoni,Bernardo Piciche,Kristina M. Olson

The Unexpected Dante brings together leading scholars whose discoveries and observations add new understanding to The Divine Comedy as a multilayered masterpiece whose publishing history coincides with both the dawn of printing and the digital age. Each essay provides a fresh perspective on the Comedy: the story of Dante’s reception in the United States; the poem’s symbolic interpretations of musical instruments; Dante’s knowledge of Roman law to explain Cato’s enigmatic presence in Purgatory; inventive linguistic and artistic adaptations of the poem to contemporary urban settings; and new discoveries regarding Nicolaus de Laurentii’s 1481 Commedia, an ambitious volume studied by historians since 1900. A bonus catalog showcases selected treasures from the Library’s stellar Dante collections that illustrate the depth and variety of the Comedy’s global influence.

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