{"product_id":"reading-dante-giuseppe-mazzotta-9780300191356","title":"Reading Dante","description":"A towering figure in world literature, Dante wrote his great epic poem \u003ci\u003eCommedia\u003c\/i\u003e in the early fourteenth century. The work gained universal acclaim and came to be known as \u003ci\u003eLa Divina Commedia\u003c\/i\u003e, or \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e. Giuseppe Mazzotta brings Dante and his masterpiece to life in this exploration of the man, his cultural milieu, and his endlessly fascinating works. Based on Mazzotta's highly popular Yale course, this book offers a critical reading of \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e and selected other works by Dante. Through an analysis of Dante's autobiographical \u003ci\u003eVita nuova\u003c\/i\u003e, Mazzotta establishes the poetic and political circumstances of \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e. He situates the three sections of the poem--Inferno, Purgatory, Paradise--within the intellectual and social context of the late Middle Ages, and he explores the political, philosophical, and theological topics with which Dante was particularly concerned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Giuseppe Mazzotta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300191359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300191356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2014 pg. 79","brand":"Giuseppe Mazzotta","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46546175394047,"sku":"9780300191356","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7da3cda5-7903-4bd4-818e-1787b88979cc.jpg?v=1738184304","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-dante-giuseppe-mazzotta-9780300191356","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}