Petrarch and Dante

Description

Since the beginnings of Italian vernacular literature, the nature of the relationship between Francesco Petrarch and his predecessor Dante Alighieri has remained an open and endlessly fascinating question of both literary and cultural history. In this volume nine leading scholars of Italian medieval literature and culture address this question involving the two foundational figures of Italian literature.

The authors examine Petrarch’s contentious and dismissive attitude toward the literary authority of his illustrious predecessor; the dramatic shift in theological and philosophical context that occurs from Dante to Petrarch; and their respective contributions as initiators of modern literary traditions in the vernacular. Petrarch’s substantive ideological dissent from Dante clearly emerges, a dissent that casts in high relief the poets’ radically divergent views of the relation between the human and the divine and of humans’ capacity to bridge that gap.

Contributors: Albert Russell Ascoli, Zygmunt G. Baranski, Teodolinda Barolini, Theodore J. Cachey, Jr., Ronald L. Martinez, Giuseppe Mazzotta, Christian Moevs, Justin Steinberg, and Sara Sturm-Maddox.

Sujets

• Philosophie
• Métaphysique
• Literary Criticism
• Medieval
• PHILOSOPHY
• Edad Media
• Metaphysics
• Middle Ages
• Italian
• European

Informations

• Publié par: University of Notre Dame Press
• Date de parution: 15 août 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780268075651
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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Petrarch Dante &

t h e w i l l i a m a n d k at h e r i n e d e v e r s s e r i e s i n da n t e s t u d i e s

Theodore J. Cachey, Jr., and Christian Moevs, editors Simone Marchesi, associate editor Ilaria Marchesi, assistant editor —————— v o l u m e 9 The Ancient Flame: Dante and the Poets Winthrop Wetherbee

v o l u m e 8 Accounting for Dante: Urban Readers and Writers in Late Medieval Italy Justin Steinberg

v o l u m e 7 Experiencing the Afterlife: Soul and Body in Dante and Medieval Culture Manuele Gragnolati

v o l u m e 6 Understanding Dante John A. Scott

v o l u m e 5 Dante and the Grammar of the Nursing Body Gary P. Cestaro

v o l u m e 4 TheFioreand theDetto d’Amore:A Late 13th-Century Italian Translation of the Roman de la Rose,attributable to Dante Translated, with introduction and notes, by Santa Casciani and Christopher Kleinhenz

v o l u m e 3 The Design in the Wax: The Structure of the Divine Comedy and Its Meaning Marc Cogan

v o l u m e 2 TheFiorein Context: Dante, France, Tuscany edited by Zygmunt G. Baran´ski and Patrick Boyde

v o l u m e 1 Dante Now: Current Trends in Dante Studies edited by Theodore J. Cachey, Jr.

Petrarch Dante & Anti-Dantism, Metaphysics, Tradition

Edited by Zygmunt G. Baran´ski and Theodore J. Cachey, Jr. with the assistance of Demetrio S. Yocum

University of Notre Dame Press Notre Dame, Indiana

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The poem “Birthday Card,” from book four of “The Gardens of Flora Baum,” is printed with the generous permission of its author, Julia Budenz. Copyright ©2004by Julia Budenz.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Petrarch and Dante : anti-Dantism, metaphysics, tradition / edited by Zygmunt Baranski and Theodore Cachey. p. cm. — (The William and Katherine Devers series in Dante studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13: 978-0-268-02211-2(pbk. : alk. paper) isbn-10: 0-268-02211-9(pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Petrarca, Francesco,1304– 1374—Criticism and interpretation.2. Petrarca, Francesco,1304– 1374—Philosophy.3. Dante Alighieri,1265 – 1321—Criticism and interpretation.4. Italian literature —To1400—History and criticism. 5. Ideology and literature—Italy—History—To1500.6. Polemics in literature. I. Baranski, Zygmunt G. II. Cachey, T. J. (Theodore J.) pq4540.p38 2009 851'.1— dc22 2009004362 ISBN 9780268075651 ∞This book is printed on acid-free paper. This e-Book was converted from the original source file by a third-party vendor. Readers who notice any formatting, textual, or readability issues are encouraged to contact the publisher at [e-mail].

c o n t e n t s

part 1 chap ter 1

chap ter 2

chap ter 3

part 2 chap ter 4

chap ter 5

chap ter 6

About the William and Katherine Devers Series Birthday Cardix Julia Budenz

Acknowledgments

AntiDantism

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Between Petrarch and Dante: Prolegomenon to a Critical Discourse Theodore J. Cachey, Jr.

Petrarch, Dante, Cavalcanti Zygmunt G. Baran´ ski

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Blinding the Cyclops: Petrarch after Dante Albert Russell Ascoli

Metaphysics Petrarch’s Dialogue with Dante Giuseppe Mazzotta

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Petrarch as the Metaphysical Poet Who Is Not Dante: Metaphysical Markers at the Beginning of theRerum vulgarium fragmenta(Rvf1 – 21)195 Teodolinda Barolini

Subjectivity and Conversion in Dante and Petrarch226 Christian Moevs

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Contents

part 3

chap ter 7

chap ter 8

chap ter 9

Tradition

DanteEstravagante,PetrarcaDisperso,and the Spectre of the Other Woman263 Justin Steinberg

Dante, Petrarch, and the Laurel Crown Sara Sturm-Maddox

Places and Times of the Liturgy from Dante to Petrarch320 Ronald L. Martinez

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Bibliography371 List of Contributors403 Index of Names and Notable Matters404 Index of Works by Dante and Petrarch411

a b o u t t h e w i l l i a m a n d k a t h e r i n e d e v e r s s e r i e s i n d a n t e s t u d i e s

The William and Katherine Devers Program in Dante Studies at the University of Notre Dame supports rare book acquisitions in the univer- sity’s John A. Zahm Dante collections, funds an annual visiting profes- sorship in Dante studies, and supports electronic and print publication of scholarly research in the field. In collaboration with the Medieval Insti- tute at the university, the Devers program has initiated a series dedicated to the publication of the most significant current scholarship in the field of Dante Studies. In keeping with the spirit that inspired the creation of the Devers pro- gram, the series takes Dante as a focal point that draws together the many disciplines and lines of inquiry that constitute a cultural tradition without fixed boundaries. Accordingly, the series hopes to illuminate Dante’s posi- tion at the center of contemporary critical debates in the humanities by re- flecting both the highest quality of scholarly achievement and the greatest diversity of critical perspectives. The series publishes works on Dante from a wide variety of disciplinary viewpoints and in diverse scholarly genres, including critical studies, com- mentaries, editions, translations, and conference proceedings of exceptional importance. The series is supervised by an international advisory board com- posed of distinguished Dante scholars and is published regularly by the Uni- versity of Notre Dame Press. The Dolphin and Anchor device that appears on publications of the Devers series was used by the great humanist, gram- marian, editor, and typographer Aldus Manutius (1449– 1515), in whose1502 edition of Dante (second issue) and all subsequent editions it appeared. The device illustrates the ancient proverbFestina lente,“Hurry up slowly.” Theodore J. Cachey, Jr., and Christian Moevs,editors Simone Marchesi,associate editor Ilaria Marchesi,assistant editor

A d v i s o r y

B o a r d

Albert Russell Ascoli, Berkeley

Zygmunt G. Baran´ski, Cambridge

Teodolinda Barolini, Columbia

Piero Boitani, Rome

Patrick Boyde, Cambridge

Alison Cornish, Michigan

Robert Hollander, Princeton

Christopher Kleinhenz, Wisconsin

Giuseppe Mazzotta, Yale

Lino Pertile, Harvard

Michelangelo Picone, Zurich John A. Scott, Western Australia

b i r t h d a y c a r d

July20,2004 Francesco Petrarca July20,1304 –July18,1374

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Shall I enumerate your lives as three: That of the mortal flesh, in exile born, That of the Latin learning not outworn, That of a sheer immortal poetry?

Is body or is book more real, more key, more ready after dark for dawning morn? Latin lasts long beyond its antique bourn. Art lives in likeness to Romanity.

Your body traveled Alps, took roads to Rome. The corpus of your work fares farthest ways Posting to scholars and to sonneteers

Distinctions of the tomb and of the tome: Those seven decades failed of those two days; These seven centuries filled all these years.

Julia Budenz