Publication

2002 - University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

40,000 words, Guess

Page Count

160 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100252027132
  • ISBN-139780252027130
  • LibraryThing9000440
  • Goodreads470594
  • Library of Congress Control Number2001003855
and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC851/.1
  • LCCPQ4432.O74 S35 2002
  • LCCPQ4432.O74S35 2002

Description

"Probing Dante's knowledge of empirical geography, use of crusade rhetoric, and fascination with the world beyond European borders, Brenda Deen Schildgen offers a new perspective on Dante's utopian imagination, poltical motivations, and literary intentions in the Commedia and other works.". "In Dante and the Orient, Schildgen argues that Dante's treatment of the East enabled him to use the rhetoric employed in crusade narratives and other travel literature to oppose the military and polemic goals of the Crusades and to plead for the reformation of both church and state."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

GeographyKnowledgeIn literatureKnowledge and learningGeography in literatureOrient -- In literatureDante Alighieri, 1265-1321

Places

Series Statement

  • Illinois medieval studies

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