Searching for Latini

Michael Kleine

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Tells the story of the author's quest to discover Brunetto Latini's legacy, through his influence on Dante Alighieri, his famous pupil.

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• Publié par: Parlor Press, LLC
• Date de parution: 07 août 2006
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781932559873
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Searcing for Latini

Searcing for Latini

Micael Kleine

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Kleine, Micael, 948-  Searcing for Latini / Micael Kleine.  p. cm.  Includes bibliograpical references and index.  ISBN -9559-85-X (pbk. : alk. paper) -- ISBN -9559- 86-8 (ardcover : alk. paper) -- ISBN -9559-87-6 (ado- be ebook : alk. paper) . Latini, Brunetto, -95. . Latini, Brunetto, -95--Influence. . Autors, Italian--To 5--Biograpy. 4. Dante Aligieri, 65- . I. Title.  PQ447.K64 6  88’.9--dc  67746

Illumination 8, “Column from Latini’s tomb” © 5 by Mattew Blakesley. Used by permission. Cover design by David Blakesley Printed on acid-free paper.

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For te most important women in my life:

My loving moter and mentor—Elaine Mullins Kleine My wonderful sister and lifelong friend— Patricia Rumbaugh My beloved daugter, now my guide—Amy Kleine My dear wife and partner—Susan Martin Kleine My moter-in-law and second moter— Isabel Martin Waggoner

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Contents

Acknowledgments xi Introduction 3 The Genesis of a Pilgrimage 3 Toward a Motive and a Map 8

P I: I S  A A  B15  Brunetto Latini, Notary and Writer 17 Pre-Exile Praxis—Brunetto and the Brown Ink of Civic Writing 21 Post-Exile Writing—Latini and the Dark Ink of Literary Posterity 26  Latini, Teacer of Dante, By His Student Damned 39 The First Path—Latini’s Teaching of Dante 46 The Second Path—Dante’s Damnation of His Teacher 52 The Third Path—Material/Historical Transcendence of the “Treasure” 60  Te Currency of Latini’s Retorical Treasure 65 Latini’s Vernacularization and Application of Cicero 71

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Latini’s Contributions to the Ars Dictaminis and the Rhetoric of Writing 80 A Rhetorician for the Here and Now 86

P II: T  O B  M O91 4 On Foot in Florence 93 5 The Illuminating Presence of Julia Bolton Holloway 108 Julia’s Story 112 Latini’s Obscurity and the Revival of Interest in Him 114 Latini and Orality 115 Latini and Literacy 116 Latini as Rhetorician 117 Latini and the Canon of Arrangement 118 Latini and a Curriculum for Ethical and Mediatory Applications of Rhetoric 119 6 Homecoming and an Open Book 123

Works Cited 131 Index 133 About the Author 141

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Illuminations

Albero: Dante’s organization of te Sevent Circle of Hell.56 Albero: Medieval conception of te guidance and control of te Human Being.57 Illumination : A stony trace of te past.94 Illumination : A street poem for peace.96 Illumination : Graffiti in teSottopassaggio. 98 Illumination 4:Sottopassaggiograffiti aimed at speakers of Englis.99 Illumination 5: Micelangelo’s carica- ture of Savaronola?100 Illumination 6: Bust of Cicero.101 Illumination 7: Column from Latini’s tomb, an obscure memorial.102 Illumination 8: Statue of Dante, next to Santa Croce.103 Illumination 9: Santa Maggiore, literal place of Latini’s “burial.”104 Illumination : Off te beaten track, on te Via Brunetto Latini.105 Illumination : Peace banner on te Via Brunetto Latini.106 Illumination : Banner urging for no more war on te Via Brunetto Latini.107

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Illumination 13: Gatehouse of the English Cemetery.108 Illumination 14: Julia Holloway with a copy of Latini’s Book.113 Illumination 15: Julia Holloway, a medieval- ist for the twenty-first century.121

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Acknowledgments

As e travels fromInfernotoParadiso,Dante acknowledges guidance from bot Virgil and Beatrice. In my own pil- grimage, my searc for Dante’s teacer, Brunetto Latini, I ave enjoyed te guidance, especially, of my daugter, Amy Kleine, and te medievalist and Latini scolar, Julia Bolton Holloway. In Florence, it was my daugter’s intro- duction to Massimiliano Ciamenti, a Dante scolar and rock musician, tat led to my initial interest in Brunetto Latini. Trougout my searc, Amy as been an invalu- able resource, reader, and guide, elping me to understand better te Italian istory and culture in wic Latini needs to be situated. My reading of Julia Holloway’s important scolarsip regarding Latini, and also er marvelous trans- lation of Latini’s pilgrimage poem, were foundational to my understanding of Latini’s significance as a retorician and teacer. And Julia’s collaborative spirit, evinced in bot er emails to me and er conversation wit me in Florence, led me to te realization tat my “Book” is as muc about er work and influence as it is about Latini’s. My wife, Susan, also served as a guide, providing pa- tient reading of roug drafts and invaluable feedback as I struggled to find my way as a writer. And my uncle, Robert Kleine, a fellow pilgrim and friend, inspired me wit is own journey troug te ell of te Battle of te Bulge and is compelling written account of tat difficult and eroic journey.

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