What is included with this book?
Preface | p. ix |
Abbreviations of primary texts and translations | p. xiv |
Introduction | |
The author in history | p. 3 |
What is an "auctor"? | p. 3 |
The autore of the Commedia | p. 12 |
Theory | p. 21 |
History | p. 29 |
Criticism | p. 44 |
Organization | p. 54 |
"What is an 'Other'?" | p. 61 |
An Author in the Works: Dante Before The Commedia | |
Definitions: The vowels of authority | p. 67 |
The problem of Convivio | p. 67 |
"Author" and "authority" in medieval discourse | p. 75 |
Dante's "maggiore autoritade" (Convivio 1.4.13) | p. 85 |
"Autore" from "autentin" | p. 97 |
"Autore" from "avieo" | p. 108 |
"La sua prima voce" | p. 122 |
Language: "Neminem ante nos" | p. 130 |
Vernacular authorship between Convivio and De Vulgari Eloquentia | p. 130 |
Vernacular and grammar | p. 136 |
Individuality and universality | p. 149 |
The poet's language | p. 157 |
The author's language in history | p. 169 |
Auto-commentary: Dividing Dante | p. 175 |
"Fo due parti di me" | p. 175 |
Vita Nova | p. 178 |
Convivio | p. 201 |
From Dante divided to the poeta-personaggio | p. 218 |
Authority in Person: Dante Between Monarchia and the Commedia | |
"No judgment among equals": Dividing authority in Dante's Monarchia | p. 229 |
Monarchia after Convivio and De Vulgari Eloquentia | p. 229 |
Auctoritas in Monarchia | p. 240 |
The Monarch's authority: Conflict and judgment | p. 248 |
"A Daniel come to judgment" | p. 263 |
Palinode and history | p. 274 |
Historicizing the palinode | p. 274 |
Palinode manque in Monarchia | p. 282 |
Beyond the palinode: Between Monarchia and the Commedia | p. 291 |
The author of the Commedia | p. 301 |
"In death he was undivided" | p. 301 |
When "Dante" met "Virgil" | p. 307 |
Virgilio crowns "Dante" | p. 329 |
A perfect poet | p. 357 |
"Di se parlando" | p. 369 |
The perfect poet | p. 400 |
Works consulted | p. 406 |
Index of proper names and works cited | p. 445 |
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