Dante's golden legend : auto-hagiography in the Divine comedy /

Dante's golden legend : auto-hagiography in the Divine comedy /

Dante's Golden Legend proposes that the Divine Comedy represents not only Dante's autobiography but also his attempt to portray himself as a martyr-saint whose poem will cleanse the Holy Roman Empire and the Papacy, of the corruption that prevents Rome from fulfilling its destiny as the Ci...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Watt, Mary Alexandra (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321 > Criticism and interpretation.
Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321. > Divina commedia.
Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321. > Vita nuova.
Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321. > Convivio.
Self in literature.
Autobiography in literature.
Hagiography in literature.
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.

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