Title Dante's idea of friendship : the transformation of a classical concept / Filippa Modesto.

Publication Info.	Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
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Description	1 online resource (255 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Toronto Italian studies
	Toronto Italian studies.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-238) and index.
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 <em>Dante's Idea of Friendship</em>, Filippa Modesto offers sharp readings of the <em>Commedia</em>, <em>Vita Nuova</em>, and <em>Convivio</em> that demonstrate Dante's interest in that theme.
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Subject	Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia.
	Divina commedia (Dante Alighieri)
	Friendship in literature.
	Friendship in literature.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Modesto, Filippa, 1957- Dante's idea of friendship. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015] 9781442650596 (OCoLC)907173780
ISBN	9781442624139 electronic book
	1442624132 electronic book
	9781442650596
	1442650591