{"product_id":"dantes-multitudes-teodolinda-barolini-9780268202941","title":"Dante's Multitudes: History, Philosophy, Method","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA critical addition to Dante studies that illuminates the poet's disruptive impact within Italian culture and foregrounds Barolini's marked contribution to the field.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDante's Multitudes\u003c\/i\u003e, the newest addition to the renowned William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante and Medieval Italian Literature, Teodolinda Barolini gathers sixteen of her essays exploring the revolutionary character of Dante's work. Embracing the \u003ci\u003eVita Nuova\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDe vulgari eloquentia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConvivio\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEpistles\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMonarchia\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRime\u003c\/i\u003e, and of course the \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e, these essays together feature the many facets of the poet's enduring legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDante's Multitudes\u003c\/i\u003e showcases the poet's embrace of multiplicity, difference, and disruption in five parts, each with its own general focus. It begins with an introductory essay on method and the use of history in order to set the stage for the expert analyses that follow. Barolini treats various topics in Dante studies, including sexualized and racialized others in the \u003ci\u003eComedy\u003c\/i\u003e, Dante's unorthodox conception of limbo, his celebration of metaphysical difference within the paradoxical unity of the \u003ci\u003eParadiso\u003c\/i\u003e, and his use of Aristotle to think disruptively about wealth and society, on the one hand, and about love and compulsion, on the other. The volume closes with a final meditation on method and \"critical philology,\" highlighting the ways in which philology has been used uncritically to bolster fallacious hermeneutical narratives about one of the West's most celebrated and influential poets. Barolini once again opens avenues for further research in this compelling collection of essays. This volume will be of interest to scholars in Dante studies, Italian studies, and medieval and Renaissance literature more broadly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Teodolinda Barolini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 026820294X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268202941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.84d","brand":"Teodolinda Barolini","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44070632259839,"sku":"9780268202941","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2bc6ef42-7b02-4aeb-adbc-4d2cf28e9535.jpg?v=1685431451","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dantes-multitudes-teodolinda-barolini-9780268202941","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}