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