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Author Modesto, Filippa, 1957- author.

Title Dante's idea of friendship : the transformation of a classical concept / Filippa Modesto
Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource (255 pages)
Series Toronto Italian studies
Toronto Italian studies.
Contents 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
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Subject Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia.
SUBJECT Divina commedia (Dante Alighieri) fast
Subject Friendship in literature.
POETRY -- Continental European.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Italian.
Friendship in literature
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442624139
1442624132