Introduction -- Classical Friendship: Aristotle and Dante's Convivio -- Cicero's De Amicitia and Dante's Convivio -- Christian Friendship -- The Vita Nuova: Dante's Friendship with Guido Cavalcanti and Others -- Amor and Amicizia in Inferno -- Friendship in Purgatorio 30 and Purgatorio 31
Summary
In Dante's Idea of Friendship, Filippa Modesto offers sharp readings of the Commedia, Vita Nuova, and Convivio that demonstrate Dante's interest in that theme
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-238) and index