The Divine Comedy and the Encyclopedia of Arts and Sciences
Acta of the International Dante Symposium, 13–16 Nov. 1983, Hunter College, New York
Editors
The guiding principle of this volume is the concept of the artes liberales, the trivium and quadrivium, as branches of learning that are rooted in Dante Alighieri’s mind. The present volume contains essays by leading international scholars on the various scientific and artistic disciplines which form the background, sources, and presence in Dante’s opus.
[Not in series, 34] 1988. ix, 385 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Foreword | p. vii
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A Half-Century of Dante Scholarship in AmericaChristopher Kleinhenz | p. 1
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Dante’s Commedia and the Classical Tradition: The Case of VirgilRobert Hollander | p. 15
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Dante and the Ars GrammaticaAldo Scaglione | p. 27
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Dialectic and Mercury (Education, Magic and Religion in Dante)Gustavo Costa | p. 43
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Dante’s Early Readers: The Evidence of Illustrated ManuscriptsDorothy Gillerman | p. 65
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Dante and ArithmeticManfred Hardt | p. 81
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Geometric Metaphor and Proportional Design in Dante’s CommediaThomas E. Hart | p. 95
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Astrology and AstronomyRichard Kay | p. 147
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Dante’s PhysicsMark Peterson | p. 163
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The Metaphysics of the CommediaT.K. Seung | p. 181
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Dante and the Art and Science of Medicine ReconsideredNancy Siraisi | p. 223
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Dante: A Man for All HoursHarry Kaufman | p. 247
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Dante and PoliticsGiuseppe C. Di Scipio | p. 267
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The Frowning Pages: Scythians, Garamantes, Florentices, and the Two LawsEdward Peters | p. 285
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L’Orizzonte Economico Medievale nella Divina Commedia e nei Principali Commenti del TrecentoPatrizia Mainoni | p. 315
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The Florentine Studia and Dante’s “Library”Charles Davis | p. 339
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Dante and the Universities of Paris and OxfordPearl Kibre | p. 367
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Translating Dante’s Commedia: Terza Rima or NothingAngel Crespo | p. 373
Subjects
Literature & Literary Studies
Main BIC Subject
DSB: Literary studies: general
Main BISAC Subject
LIT000000: LITERARY CRITICISM / General