Review (PDF) Reading As The Angels Read: Speculation And Politics In Dante's 'Banquet' (Toronto Italian Studies)
An uncompleted manuscript that combines lyric poetry and prose commentary, the Banquet (or Convivio) is one of Dante Alighieri’s most important and least understood philosophical texts. As Maria Luisa Ardizzone shows, its language and logic are deeply connected to medieval culture and the philosophical debates of the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries.In Reading as the Angels Read, Ardizzone reconstructs the cultural and socio-political background that provided the motivation for the Banquet and offers a bold new reading of this ambitious work. Drawing on a deep knowledge of Dante’s engagement with biblical, Augustinian, Neoplatonic, and Aristotelian philosophy, she suggests that the Banquet is not an encyclopedia of learning as many have claimed, but Dante’s attempt to articulate a theory of human happiness in which perfect knowledge is the natural basis for a well-organized political community.
Series: Toronto Italian Studies
Hardcover: 472 pages
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division; 1 edition (March 18, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1442637064
ISBN-13: 978-1442637061
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1.4 x 9.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: Be the first to review this item
Best Sellers Rank: #2,011,961 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #182 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Poetry > Regional & Cultural > European > Italian #301 in Books > Literature & Fiction > History & Criticism > Regional & Cultural > European > Italian #1802 in Books > Textbooks > Humanities > Literature > World Literature > European
Reading as the Angels Read: Speculation and Politics in Dante's 'Banquet' (Toronto Italian Studies) Speed Reading: Seven Speed Reading Tactics To Read Faster, Improve Memory And Increase Profits (Speed Reading Techniques, Read Faster, Speed Reading For Professionals, Entrepreneurs) Baroque Visual Rhetoric (Toronto Italian Studies) Speed Reading: 7 Simple and Effective Speed Reading Techniques That Will Significantly Reduce Your Reading Time (Speed Reading Techniques, Read Faster, ... Focus, Memory Recall, Improve Productivity) Dante and the Dynamics of Textual Exchange (Dante's World: Historicizing Literary Cultures of the Due and Trecento) Dante and Islam (Historicizing Dante) Dante's Commedia: Theology as Poetry (ND Devers Series Dante & Med. Ital. Lit.) Palmistry: The Complete Guide To Palm Reading And Fortune Telling For Beginners - Learn How To Read Palms Like A Pro In No Time! (Numerology, Palm Reading, Hand Reading) Evil, Good, and Gender: Facets of the Feminine in Zoroastrian Religious History (Toronto Studies in Religion) Speculations on Speculation: Theories of Science Fiction What to Read When: The Books and Stories to Read with Your Child--and All the Best Times to Read Them Let's Measure It! Learn to Read, Math (Learn to Read, Read to Learn: Math) God's Banquet: Food in Classical Arabic Literature A Banquet of Consequences: A Lynley Novel (Inspector Lynley Book 19) SHERRILYN KENYON: SERIES READING ORDER & BOOK CHECKLIST.: SERIES LIST INCLUDES:THE LEAGUE, ANGELS TOUCH, CHRONICLES OF NICK & MUCH, MUCH MORE! (Top Romance ... Reading Order & Checklist Series 48) 35 Italian Recipes For Your Slow Cooker - Fabulous Italian Meals and Italian Cuisine (The Slow Cooker Meals And Crock Pot Recipes Collection Book 1) An Anthology of Modern Italian Poetry: In Engilsh Translation, with Italian Text (Texts and Translations) (Italian and English Edition) The Inferno of Dante: A New Verse Translation (English and Italian Edition) The Inferno of Dante: A New Verse Translation, Bilingual Edition (Italian Edition) Angels of Mercy/ Angels of Death: Doctors and Nurses who Murder Their Patients
