Introduction Mastery and Method in Poetry
"Osip Mandel'shtam's "Conversation about Dante
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4742421 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julia Vaingurt (0000-0002-0536-7309, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 457-470 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Slavic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-6779 • E-ISSN: 2325-7784 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5612/slavicreview.73.3.457 |
| OpenAlex | W2325796012 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
One of the greatest controversies in Dante scholarship concerns the authenticity of the epistle to Cangrande della Scala, in which the poet (if it is indeed him) provides his patron with exegetical and epistemological strategies to be applied in approaching Paradiso,the third part of his Divine Comedy.Accompanying this section as a gift to della Scala, the epistle in itself would not have appeared in any sense out of the ordinary had it not followed its requisite dedication with an extensive commentary on the poem. It is hardly surprising, then, that scholars heatedly debate the authorship of this letter, which purports no less than to prescribe how the Paradisoshould be read, claiming authority of and over the text. Most significantly, the epistle contends that, just like scripture, the Divine Comedyis "polysemous, that is, having many meanings," requiring a manifold approach; specifically, the author of the letter cites the availability of literal, allegorical, moral, and anagogical readings
Art · Comedy · Conversation · Divine comedy · Linguistics · Literal (mathematical logic · Literature · Poetry · Rhetorical question · Scholarship · Section (typography · Computer Science · Law · Medieval Literature and History · Medieval Philosophy and Theology · Philosophy · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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