Dear Filippo,
Thank you very much!
Helen COB
On Saturday, March 16, 2002, at 12:19 PM, Filippo & Irene wrote:
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
On Tuesday, March 5, 2002, at 07:04 PM, David Wilson-Okamura wrote:
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]
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