Human Vices and Human Worth in Dante's Comedy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521660679)

Patrick Boyde brings Dante's thought and poetry into focus for the modern reader by restoring the Comedy to its intellectual and literary context in 1300. He begins by describing the authorities that Dante acknowledged in the field of ethics and the modes of thought he shared with the great thinkers of his time. Boyde concentrates on the poetic representation of the most important vices and virtues in the Comedy. He stresses the heterogeneity and originality of Dante's treatment, and the challenges posed by his desire to harmonize these divergent value systems.

Author: Patrick Boyde
ISBN-10: 052166067X
ISBN-13: 9780521660679
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/16/2000
Pages: 334
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d