Building a monument to Dante Boccaccio as Dantista /

Houston, Jason M., 1973-

Building a monument to Dante Boccaccio as Dantista / Jason M. Houston. - Toronto ; Buffalo, NY : University of Toronto Press, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (vi, 228 pages) : illustrations. - Toronto Italian studies .

Editor: medieval and modern --

Includes bibliographies and index.

Building a Monument to Dante employs literary analysis coupled with philological and historical evidence to argue that Boccaccio's multifaceted work as Dante's editor, biographer, apologist, and commentator created a literary figure that could support Boccaccio's poetic and political ideologies.



9781442685727




Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 --Criticism and interpretation.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 --Influence.


Electronic Books.

PQ4286 / .B855 2010