TY - BOOK ID - 78342424 TI - The World of Dante : Six Studies in Language and Thought AU - Chandler, S. Bernard. AU - Molinaro, Julius. PY - 2017 SN - 1442652683 9781442652682 9781442654594 1442654597 9781442639058 1442639059 PB - Toronto : University of Toronto Press, DB - UniCat KW - Dante Alighieri, KW - Dante Alighieri KW - Alighieri, Dante KW - Dante, Alighieri KW - Alih'eri, Dante KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Alihii︠e︡ri, Dante, KW - Alaghieri, Dante, KW - Aldigeri, Dante, KW - Aligeri, Dante, KW - Allighieri, Dante, KW - Aligerius, Dantes, KW - Aligheri, Dante, KW - Alighieri, Dante, KW - Alleghieri, Dante, KW - Durante Alighieri, KW - Tan-ting, KW - Danding, KW - Dāntī Alījyīrī, KW - Alīyīrī, Dāntī, KW - Dante Alih'i︠e︡ri, KW - Dante, KW - Dant Aligīeri, KW - Aligīeri, Dant, KW - Dantte, KW - Tantte, KW - Dantis Alagherius, KW - Danthe Alighieri, KW - Alighieri, Danthe, KW - Dante Alig'i︠e︡ri, KW - Alig'i︠e︡ri, Dante, KW - Ailígiéirí, Dainté, KW - Dantė Aligjeris, KW - Dānté ʼAligiyéri, KW - Makākavi Tāntē, KW - Tāntē Alikiyari, KW - Alikiyari, Tāntē, KW - אליגיירי דנטי KW - אליגירי, דנטי KW - דאנטי אליגיירי KW - דאנטי אליגיירי, KW - דאנט, KW - דנטה אליגיירי, KW - דנטה אליגירי, KW - דנטי אליגיארי, KW - דנטי אליגירי, KW - دانتى ألغييري KW - دانتي أليجيري،, KW - ダンテ, KW - Данте Аліґгіері, KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78342424 AB - In celebration of the 700th anniversary of the birth of Dante in 1265 the Dante Society of Toronto invited six internationally known scholars to address its members. Believing that the greatest tribute to Dante lies in the constant acquisition of a deeper knowledge of his work, the Society prescribed no common theme, but asked only that each paper should present an original contribution to Dante scholarship, deriving from the speaker's individual thought and research. Together, these contributions indicate the range and direction of Dante studies in North America today. The first paper, by Glauco Cambon, deals with Dante's developing attitude to language, which finds its highest and appropriate expression in the Divina Commedia-i.e., dramatic utterance and the becoming of the word. John Freccero shows by a study of the "River of Death" in Inferno II, 108, that the poem was written as a confession of faith for other men; John M. Mahoney, appealing to the Victorine-Augustinian tradition, considers the place of the Purgatorio in the time scheme of the Divina Commedia. Joseph Anthony Mazzeo, through a reading of the Divina Commedia in the light of the Paradiso, concludes that Dante has gradually reduced what are objects of thought-the discourse of philosophers and theologians-to objects of sight, and that the poem ends in silence and vision. Gian Roberto Sarolli, in what he describes as a neopositivist approach, seeks the precise meaning of some of Dante's most problematical terms in their historical and literary context. Finally, Erich von Richthofen studies some key concepts and images, both classical and Christian, referring to justice in the Divina Commedia and Monarchia, particularly in their relation to the preceding epic literature of the Middle Ages. This volume, which makes a valuable and enduring contribution to Dante studies, will appeal to all students of mediaeval culture, and especially to students of Dante. ER -