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The Fiore and the Detto D'Amore: A Late 13th-Century Translation of The Roman de la Rose (The William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies, Vol. 4) (Italian and English Edition)
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Description for The Fiore and the Detto D'Amore: A Late 13th-Century Translation of The Roman de la Rose (The William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies, Vol. 4) (Italian and English Edition)
Paperback. This is the first English translation of "Il Fiore", the late 13th century narrative poem in 232 sonnets based on the Old French "Roman de la Rose" and the "Detto d'Amore", a free-wheeling version of many Ovidian precepts of love in 240 rhymed couplets. Editor(s): Casciani, Santa; Kleinhenz, Christopher. Series: William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 921.
This is the first English translation of Il Fiore , the late 13th century narrative poem in 232 sonnets based on the Old French Roman de la Rose and the Detto d'Amore , a free-wheeling version of many Ovidian precepts of love in 240 rhymed couplets. The elaborate allegory of the Fiore presents the complex workings of love, understood primarily as carnal passion, in the human psyche through the use of personifications of a wide array of characters who engage in various social (and bellic) interactions. ... Read more
This is the first English translation of Il Fiore , the late 13th century narrative poem in 232 sonnets based on the Old French Roman de la Rose and the Detto d'Amore , a free-wheeling version of many Ovidian precepts of love in 240 rhymed couplets. The elaborate allegory of the Fiore presents the complex workings of love, understood primarily as carnal passion, in the human psyche through the use of personifications of a wide array of characters who engage in various social (and bellic) interactions. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Series
William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
552
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268008932
SKU
V9780268008932
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About Dante Alighieri
Santa Casciani is Director of the Bishop Anthony M. Pilla Program in Italian American Studies at John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio. She is the editor of Dante and the Franciscans (2006) and co-editor of Word, Image, Number: Communications in the Middle Ages (2002).
Reviews for The Fiore and the Detto D'Amore: A Late 13th-Century Translation of The Roman de la Rose (The William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies, Vol. 4) (Italian and English Edition)
Casciani and Kleinhenz perform a valuable service to the field of general medieval studies with this well-constructed volume. It could be used as a textbook in the classroom, yet the translation can also serve as a research guide. It gives scholars the pertinent information to compare the Fiore with the French original; it delineates the recent scholarship on the texts; ... Read more