Lexington Books
Pages: 350
Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-4985-6778-7 • Hardback • November 2019 • $115.00 • (£88.00)
978-1-4985-6779-4 • eBook • November 2019 • $109.00 • (£84.00)
Nicolino Applauso is visiting assistant professor of Italian at Loyola University Maryland.
Chapter 1: The Invective Genre in Dante and His Contemporaries: An Introduction
Chapter 2: The Role of Invective in Medieval Tuscany
Chapter 3: Rustico Filippi of Florence and the Guelph and Ghibelline Wars
Chapter 4: Cecco Angiolieri of Siena: Blame and Parody under the Governo dei Nove
Chapter 5: War Propaganda, Activism, and Knighthood in Folgore da San Gimignano
Chapter 6: Humor and Evil in Dante’s Global Invective
Chapter 7: Conclusion