Dante's Idea of Friendship: The Transformation of a Classical Concept

Filippa Modesto

Published by University of Toronto Press 2015

Dante's Idea of Friendship

The Transformation of a Classical Concept

Filippa Modesto

In the series Toronto Italian Studies

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442624139

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About this book

In Dante’s Idea of Friendship, Filippa Modesto offers sharp readings of the Commedia, Vita Nuova, and Convivio that demonstrate Dante’s interest in that theme.

Author / Editor information

Modesto Filippa :

Filippa Modesto teaches at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.

Reviews

Stan Benfell:

‘A solid contribution to Dante studies… It carefully explores a topic at the heart of classical and Christian understanding of the good life but which is usually neglected in criticism of Dante’s works.’

Jason Houston:

‘This is a fascinating study… The book marks an important contribution to the historiography of architecture and urban planning… It offers perspectives that can inform the study of other cities.’

Giuseppe Mazzotta, Sterling Professor of Humanities for Italian, Yale University:

“At the heart of Filippa Modesto’s book lies a passion for this rare gift known as friendship, and this passion expresses itself both as a love for the concrete quality of Dante’s poetic vision and his linguistic inventiveness and as gratitude for her own friends. What gives a persuasive unity to her critical musings is her decision to map the shift from the classical, pagan understanding of the virtue of friendship to the Christian re-interpretation of it. The importance of the topic can hardly be exaggerated, and Modesto develops it with delicacy, gracefulness, and modesty.”

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Classical Friendship: Aristotle and Dante’s Convivio Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
3. Cicero’s De Amicitia and Dante’s Convivio Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
4. Christian Friendship Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
5. The Vita Nuova: Dante’s Friendship with Guido Cavalcanti and Others Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
6. Amor and Amicizia in Inferno 2 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
7. Friendship in Purgatorio 30 and Purgatorio 31 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 272

eBook

Published: September 30, 2015
ISBN: 9781442624139