The Cambridge Companion to Dante

ThissecondeditionofTheCambridgeCompaniontoDanteisdesignedtoprovideanaccessibleintroductiontoDanteforstudents,teachersandgeneralreaders.Thevolumehasbeenfullyupdatedtotakeaccountofthemostup-to-datescholarshipandincludesthreenewessaysonDante'sworks.Thesuggestionsforfurtherreadingnowincludethemostrecentsecondaryworksandtranslationsaswellasonlineresources.TheessayscoverDante'searlyworksandtheirrelationtotheCommedia,hisliteraryantecedents,bothvernacularandclassical,biblicalandtheologicalinfluences,thehistoricalandpoliticaldimensionsofDante'sworks,andtheirreception.InadditionthereareintroductoryessaystoeachofthethreecanticlesoftheCommediathatanalysetheirthemesandstyle.ThisneweditionwillensurethattheCompanioncontinuestobethemostusefulsinglevolumefornewgenerationsofstudentsofDante.·ThesecondeditionofaCompanionusedinmanycoursesworldwide·Fullyupdatedtoreflectrecentscholarship,withthreebrandnewessays·Featuresaguidetofurtherreadingandchronology