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Book SynopsisIn Dante’s Wake presents a collection of essays from internationally renowned Dante scholar John Freccero. Penetrating first the Divine Comedy and then the powerful influence of Dante on those who followed him, Freccero’s volume is an invaluable companion for any reader of Dante.
Trade Review"John Freccero is one of the great dantisti of his age. Freccero's erudition is as impressive in its depth (Plato and NeoPlatonism, Augustine, Italian philology) as in its breadth (Gramsci, Derrida, Girard, the epic, the novel). Along with the erudition, moreover, there is his beautifully lucid style: The prose is remarkably clear, graceful, eloquent, illusive, and at times even epigrammatic." -- -Peter S. Hawkins Yale Divinity School "John Freccero's learned and lucid work on Dante has influenced generations of Dante scholars and others in a variety of fields. The remarkable range of allusions and analysis in this collection of essays offers a rich context for understanding key episodes of the Inferno as well as later literature engaged with comparable issues. The collection reaffirms the resonance and lasting value of Freccero's brilliant understanding of the reciprocity of theology and poetics." -- -Rachel Jacoff Wellesley College
Table of ContentsTable of Contents Acknowledgments Editors' introduction List of Figures Shipwreck in the Prologue The Portrait of Francesca: Inferno 5 Epitaph for Guido The Eternal Image of the Father Allegory and Autobiography In the Wake of the Argo on a Boundless Sea The Fig Tree and the Laurel Medusa and the Madonna of Forli: Political Sexuality in Machiavelli Donne's Valediction: Forbidding Mourning Zeno's Last Cigarette Bibliography Index
