Dante’s Bones : : How a Poet Invented Italy / / Guy P. Raffa.
Like a saint’s relics, Dante’s bones have been stolen, exhumed, and worshiped. Guy Raffa narrates the Florentine poet’s hereafter—the physical afterlife of the writer who vividly imagined the spiritual afterlife. In the story of the bones lies the tale of Dante’s evolution from Renaissance to Italia...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Author’s Note -- Prologue: A Discovery of Bones -- Introduction: Dante's Ghost -- One. Bones of Contention and Nationhood -- Two. Bones of Contention and Nationhood -- Three. Relics of Return and Renewal -- Note on Texts and Translations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Summary: | Like a saint’s relics, Dante’s bones have been stolen, exhumed, and worshiped. Guy Raffa narrates the Florentine poet’s hereafter—the physical afterlife of the writer who vividly imagined the spiritual afterlife. In the story of the bones lies the tale of Dante’s evolution from Renaissance to Italian to nationalist hero, and finally global icon. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674246980 9783110690057 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674246980?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Guy P. Raffa. |