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| 100 | 1 | ▼a Boyde, Patrick. |
| 245 | 1 0 | ▼a Human vices and human worth in Dante's Comedy : ▼b Patrick Boyde. |
| 260 | ▼a Cambridge, UK ; ▼a New York, NY, USA : ▼b Cambridge University Press, ▼c 2000. | |
| 300 | ▼a ix, 323 p. ; ▼c 24 cm. | |
| 504 | ▼a Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-308) and index. | |
| 600 | 0 0 | ▼a Dante Alighieri, ▼d 1265-1321. ▼t Divina commedia. |
| 600 | 0 0 | ▼a Dante Alighieri, ▼d 1265-1321 ▼x Ethics. |
| 650 | 0 | ▼a Vices in literature. |
| 650 | 0 | ▼a Virtues in literature. |
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Book Introduction
Patrick Boyde brings Dante's thought and poetry into focus for the modern reader by restoring the Comedy to its intellectual and literary context in 1300. He begins by describing the authorities that Dante acknowledged in the field of ethics and the modes of thought he shared with the great thinkers of his time. After giving a clear account of the differing approaches and ideals embodied in Aristotelian philosophy, Christianity and courtly literature, Boyde concentrates on the poetic representation of the most important vices and virtues in the Comedy. He stresses the heterogeneity and originality of Dante's treatment, and the challenges posed by his desire to harmonize these divergent value-systems. The book ends with a detailed case study of the 'vices and worth' of Ulysses in which Boyde throws light on recent controversies by deliberately remaining within the framework of the thirteenth-century assumptions, methods and concepts explored in previous chapters.
Boyde sheds light on Dante's Comedy by restoring it to its intellectual and literary context.
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Table of Contents
Preface; Introduction: the role of context; Part I. Authority, Reason and Order: 1. Dante's authors; 2. Putting authors to the question; 3. Division and numeration; Part II. Competing Values: 4. Aristotelian values through Dante's eyes; 5. Christian values through Dante's eyes; 6. A courtly value in Dante's hands; Part III. Arch-vices and the Supreme Virtue: 7. Covetousness; 8. Pride; 9. Justice; Part IV. Amid Such Wisdom ('tra cotanto senno'): Preface to Part IV; 10. The worth and vices of Ulysses: a case-study; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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