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Author Houston, Jason M., 1973-

Title Building a monument to Dante : Boccaccio as Dantista / Jason M. Houston.

Publication Info. Toronto ; Buffalo, NY : University of Toronto Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 228 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Toronto Italian studies
Toronto Italian studies.
Summary 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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Editor: medieval and modern -- Boccaccio, editor of Dante -- The legacy of Boccaccio's edition of Dante -- Sopra il monumento di Dante -- Boccaccio and the genres of medieval biography -- An empty tomb -- Boccaccio's advice to Petrarca: read Dante! -- The Corbaccio: Boccaccio's vernacular parody -- Boccaccio's Latin Dante -- Pro Dante poeta -- Boccaccio's Esposizioni: Dante as 'vernacular humanist' -- Boccaccio's Paradiso -- Boccaccio Dantista and the Decameron.
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Subject Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Criticism and interpretation.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Influence.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Houston, Jason M., 1973- Building a monument to Dante. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2010 9781442640511 (DLC) 2010281655 (OCoLC)466659617
ISBN 9781442685727 (electronic book)
1442685727 (electronic book)
9781442640511 (acid-free)
1442640510 (acid-free)