{"product_id":"the-world-of-dante-9781442639058","title":"The World of Dante","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first paper, by Glauco Cambon, deals with Dante's developing attitude to language, which finds its highest and appropriate expression in the \u003cem\u003eDivina Commedia\u003c\/em\u003e—i.e., dramatic utterance and the becoming of the word. John Freccero shows by a study of the \"River of Death\" in\u003cem\u003e Inferno \u003c\/em\u003eII, 108, that the poem was written as a confession of faith for other men; John M. Mahoney, appealing to th\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408360710487,"sku":"9781442639058","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442639058.jpg?v=1730502588","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-world-of-dante-9781442639058","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}