The Cambridge Companion to Dante (Cambridge Companions to Literature) | 
|  | | | Title: | The Cambridge Companion to Dante (Cambridge Companions to Literature) | | Author: | Rachel Jacoff (Editor) | | Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | | Type: | Book / Paperback | | Publication Date: | 05 March, 2007 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0521605814 / 9780521605816 | | List Price: | $26.99 | | You Save: | $2.70 | | Amazon Price: | $24.29 | |
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This second edition of The Cambridge Companion to Dante is designed to provide an accessible introduction to Dante for students, teachers and general readers. The volume has been fully updated to take account of the most up-to-date scholarship and includes three new essays on Dante's works. The suggestions for further reading now include the most recent secondary works and translations as well as online resources. The essays cover Dante's early works and their relation to the Commedia, his literary antecedents, both vernacular and classical, biblical and theological influences, the historical and political dimensions of Dante's works, and their reception. In addition there are introductory essays to each of the three canticles of the Commedia that analyse their themes and style. This new edition will ensure that the Companion continues to be the most useful single volume for new generations of students of Dante.
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Customer Reviews:
• Helpful For Scholars And Just Plain Readers 28 May, 2001
This companion is an excellent guide to Dante's life, work, and thought. It is especially useful for those readers of the Comedy who want more information on specific allusions than most footnoted editions can supply. It is also helpful for an understanding of the complex political and religious turmoils in which Dante was embroiled, and which showed up continuously throughout his work.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1DEARZNVGBC0H
• The Cambridge Companion To Dante - Inferno 26 September, 2005
Dante criticism has a life of its own: call it vegetable. Then again, this has been the case almost since Dante first wrote his Commedia. Though not the best text for one intending to leap into the Inferno for the first time, this canto by canto commentary, an able addition to the mountain of Dante scholarship, provides clear, interesting, scholarly help to anyone who has spent time with Dante as scholar or teacher or interested reader.
- Reviewed by customer ID: AZY8NR2Y1D4ZU
• Kindle Ed. : Worth Every Penny 24 February, 2008
The endnotes don't link, but that isn't really an issue because they are at the end of each chapter and 90% of the time only give reference to other books. I know that is important, but not to the actual reading. I just bookmark the page as I get to it if it contains a book I want to reference. Or I highlight, add note ect. The book has a couple of format issues, but really small, gaps in strange places, line breaks out of place. But these are few and far between. It is a great collection of essays on the Divine Comedy that really increases the understanding of the readings. I highly recommend it. I don't have the paper copy, only the Kindle, and I am very glad to have it. It is in my top 5 favorite Amazon purchases.
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• Slightly Dated Scholarship For The Penny-wise 23 July, 2007
This is an able commentary to Dante, but make sure you are clear on which edition you are purchasing: the most recent (as of this review) is a March 2007 version. Sufficient edits, insights and scholarly arguments (let's not quite call them developments) exist in the 14 years between publications to make it worth being certain what you're buying before you buy.
Then again - the 1993 edition is available used for under three bucks, while the 2007 edition ranges from $25 to $50. So... choose your priority.
- Reviewed by customer ID: AVM48UYDWYE3N
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