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Dante’s Convivio, Book 1: Metaphor, Exile, Epochē
- Author(s):
- Laurence Hooper (see profile)
- Date:
- 2013
- Subject(s):
- Italian literature, Literature--Philosophy, Literature, Medieval, Poetics, Rhetoric
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Authority and Legitimacy, Dante, Hybridity, 14th Century, Metaphor, Literature and philosophy, Medieval literature
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M64C9K
- Abstract:
- The essay examines closely the many and varied metaphors of Convivio 1 in relation to its "content." This approach contrasts with most prior work on the Convivio, which views it as a philosophical work, and pays little attention its form or rhetoric. Instead, the article shows that the Convivio draws on a variety of disciplines in orer to emphasize its author's subjectivity. Once we appreciate that Dante's multi-disciplinary approach, the novel literary and subjective qualities of the Convivio become much clearer. Dante's metaphors do not offer a final intellectual or philosophical demonstration but rather encourage a suspension of judgment that replicates for the reader the alienation of exile from which Dante writes.
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- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 6 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives
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