2. Classical Friendship: Aristotle and Dante’s Convivio

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. 2. Classical Friendship: Aristotle and Dante’s Convivio 20
7. 3. Cicero’s De Amicitia and Dante’s Convivio 43
8. 4. Christian Friendship 58
9. 5. The Vita Nuova: Dante’s Friendship with Guido Cavalcanti and Others 75
10. 6. Amor and Amicizia in Inferno 2 93
11. 7. Friendship in Purgatorio 30 and Purgatorio 31 115
12. Notes 135
13. Bibliography 221
14. Index 239