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Dante’s New Lives: Biography and Autobiography de Elisa Brilli

Dante’s New Lives: Biography and Autobiography

Autor Elisa Brilli, Giuliano Milani Traducere de Mary Maschio, Eva Plesnik
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 dec 2023
From two leading scholars, a thrilling and rich investigation of the life and work of Dante Alighieri.
 
Numerous books have attempted to chronicle the life of Dante Alighieri, yet essential questions remain unanswered. How did a self-taught Florentine become the celebrated author of the Divine Comedy? Was his exile from Florence so extraordinary? How did Dante make himself the main protagonist in his works, in a literary context that advised against it? And why has his life interested so many readers? In Dante’s New Lives, eminent scholars Elisa Brilli and Giuliano Milani answer these questions and many more. Their account reappraises Dante’s life and work by assessing archival and literary evidence and examining the most recent scholarship. The book is a model of interdisciplinary biography, as fascinating as it is rigorous.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781789147810
ISBN-10: 1789147816
Pagini: 368
Ilustrații: 4 halftones
Dimensiuni: 159 x 235 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.73 kg
Editura: REAKTION BOOKS
Colecția Reaktion Books

Notă biografică

Elisa Brilli is professor of Italian and medieval studies at the University of Toronto. Giuliano Milani is professor of medieval history at the Université Gustave Eiffel in Paris, France. Mary Maschio and Eva Plesnik are PhD students in medieval studies at the University of Toronto.

Cuprins

Abbreviations and Works Cited
Preface
Prologue: Lineages
1 Adolescence
2 Youth in Florence
3 Youth in Exile
4 Old Age
Epilogue: Legacies
References
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index

Recenzii

"The title of Brilli and Milani’s new biography of Dante points back to the Vita nova, but also suggests that their book brings something new. . . . In practice this means much political, social and cultural history, juxtaposed with discussions of the roles Dante envisaged for his work and for himself. . . . Dante’s New Lives makes it plain that it wants the reader to take an active part in the process of reconstruction, and offers impressive examples of what can be done in this respect. It also tries to reach out to a broad readership by quoting Italian and Latin texts solely in English, while affirming its scholarly credentials with 100 pages of notes and an up-to-date bibliography."

"Dante himself claimed that life progresses through distinct stages: adolescence, youth, old age and finally senility. . . . The book progresses through these stages with meticulous and erudite detail. . . . [It] provides a rich tapestry. . . . Reading Dante’s New Lives could well provide an encouraging context for many, who have hitherto taken too literally the poet’s own well-known quotation: ‘abandon hope all ye who enter here’ and instead to venture forth."

"Across the historical and critical record, many different—and often contradictory—accounts of Dante’s life have been assembled from a rather vague biographical profile. Brilli and Milani offer a unique and thoughtful reappraisal of the life of Dante, a composite portrait that relies heavily on a thorough account of the archival, critical, and literary evidence. The starting point is not the birth and family lineage of the poet, but instead a consideration of Florence in thirteenth-century Italy, a city with 'a rich and complex' history integral to the person Dante was to become. The authors deftly combine the personal, social, political, and artistic threads of his Dante's life, offering an understanding that is deeper and more realistic than most. Recommended."

"Sophisticated, thoroughly researched and ecumenical in approach—this is the biography of Dante for the next generation. Instead of chasing illusory scoops, Brilli and Milani probe the elusive relationship between an artist’s life and their works. Highly recommended."

"An immense gift to Dante scholars and to non-specialists alike, this is a wonderfully readable account of Dante's life, work and times. Brilli and Milani's biography offers an ideal model of the powers of interdisciplinary collaboration, putting historical documents into dialogue with Dante's own stories of his life. Here, as never before, we see Dante's life illuminated by the expertise that a literary scholar and a medieval historian can, together, offer."

"A splendidly calibrated restoration of the many ‘lives’ of Dante, this book brings to the English-speaking audience a highly original and very accessible take on the fascinating story of Dante’s life and times. Establishing both dialogue and contrast between documents, history, reported narratives and Dante’s own autobiography, Brilli and Milani show the elusive intrigue of the ‘truth’ of a medieval life."