> I have a student who is interested in working on Dante's possible use of > Vergilian commentaries. Would anyone have any suggestions on must read > material? > Helen Conrad-O'Briain
>>>dear helen c-o'.b, it is absolutely likely that Dante used Vergilian commentaries belonging to late Antiquity and Middle Ages too, inasmuch as Dante's culture was strongly filled with Latin literature, both classic and mediaeval, much more than many people can think, and that literature was always read through commentaries that were made also with 'vitae' and 'accessus' about the 'auctor' and the contents of these have surely influenced Dante, and many other poets and writers, in the composition of their masterpieces. Unfortunately I have not informations about english bibliography on this subject; I can only quote V.deAngelis-G.C.Alessio, "Nacqui sub Julio, ancor che fosse tardi" (Inf. 1, 70), Studi vari di lingua e letteratura italiana in onore di G. Velli, Quaderni di Acme 41 (2000), pp.127-145 (published in Milan): the authors explain a famous interpretative 'crux' of the Commedia (Inf. 1, 70) about the meeting of Dante and Virgil through Dante's knowledge of late Antiquity (e.g. Servius above all) and mediaeval Virgil's 'vitae' and commentaries. For further informations I could make further researches. dr. F. Bognini PhD University of Venice. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
