Petrarch and Boccaccio in the First Commentaries on Dante’s Commedia

Taylor & Francis

Petrarch and Boccaccio in the First Commentaries on Dantes CommediaA Literary Canon Before its Official Birth\nAuthor(s): Luca Fiorentini\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367341992, 978-0367341992\nSynopsis\nThis text proposes a reinterpretation of the history behind the canon of the Tre Corone (Three Crowns), which consists of the three great Italian authors of the 14th century Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio. \n\nExamining the first commentaries on Dantes Commedia, the book argues that the elaboration of the canon of the Tre Corone does not date back to the 15th century but instead to the last quarter of the 14th century. The investigation moves from Guglielmo Maramauros commentary circa 1373, and the first exegetical text in which we can find explicit quotations from Petrarch and Boccaccio to the major commentators of the second half of the 14th century: Benvenuto da Imola, Francesco da Buti and the Anonimo .