The Cambridge Companion to Dante

This second edition of <strong>The Cambridge Companion to Dante</strong> is designed to providean accessible introduction to Dante for students teachers and gen... » 

This second edition of The Cambridge Companion to Dante is designed to providean accessible introduction to Dante for students teachers and general readers.The volume has been fully updated to take account of the most uptodatescholarship and includes three new essays on Dantes works. The suggestions forfurther reading now include the most recent secondary works and translations aswell as online resources. The essays cover Dantes early works and theirrelation to the Commedia his literary antecedents both vernacular andclassical biblical and theological influences the historical and politicaldimensions of Dantes works and their reception. In addition there areintroductory essays to each of the three canticles of the Commedia that analysetheir themes and style. This new edition will ensure that the Companioncontinues to be the most useful single volume for new generations of studentsof Dante. «