{"product_id":"dantes-convivio-claire-e-honess-9783034318358","title":"Dante's «Convivio»: Or How to Restart a Career in Exile","description":"\u003cp\u003eDante's unfinished work, the \u003ci\u003eConvivio\u003c\/i\u003e, his first book written in exile, is often overlooked. This volume, instead of promoting the idea that Dante's career evolved continuously from the youthful \u003ci\u003eVita nova \u003c\/i\u003ethrough to the \u003ci\u003eCommedia\u003c\/i\u003e, takes the \u003ci\u003eConvivio \u003c\/i\u003eas Dante's first attempt to reassemble and reshape the remains of his Florentine past -- from his love poetry to his philosophical readings -- in order to construct a new way of defining himself as a writer after 1302. Contributors to the volume explore the \u003ci\u003eConvivio \u003c\/i\u003efrom a variety of different angles, including the issue of genre, the relationship between poetry and prose and Dante's concept of the reader, as well as examining the importance of ideas such as nobility, the vernacular and Roman law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claire E. Honess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3034318359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783034318358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Claire E. Honess","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48136974106879,"sku":"9783034318358","price":75.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_45e29d7b-4733-4a08-9bfd-225c29bbb3df.jpg?v=1770165699","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dantes-convivio-claire-e-honess-9783034318358","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}