How Long to Read Tragedy and Comedy from Dante to Pseudo-Dante

How Long Does it Take to Read Tragedy and Comedy from Dante to Pseudo-Dante?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 29 minutes to read Tragedy and Comedy from Dante to Pseudo-Dante by H.A. Kelly

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Description

In this study, Professor Kelly analyzes Dante's understanding of the meanings of tragedy and comedy in his undisputed works, especially the 'De vulgari eloquentia' and the 'Comedia'. He finds that Dante's criteria concerned subject-matter and style, not emotions like happiness and sorrow, or plot movement from one mood to another, or humor or the lack of it. He considered Vergil's 'Aeneid' and his own lyric poems to be tragedies because of their sublime subjects and their use of elevated style and vocabulary. He considered the 'Inferno', along with the 'Purgatorio' and the 'Paradiso', to be a comedy because of the range of subjects and styles. Dante's commentators, in contrast, tended to have a plot-based understanding of these genres, and they attributed similar views to Dante himself. On the basis of both content and style, Kelly concludes that the 'Epistle to Cangrande' is not by Dante, except possibly for the first three paragraphs, and therefore ascribes it to Pseudo-Dante. It was not compiled as we have it until the last quarter of the fourteenth century, but it incorporated an earlier anonymous 'accessus' to the 'Comedia'. This 'accessus' drew heavily on Guido da Pisa's commentary, and it in turn was used by Boccaccio.

How long is Tragedy and Comedy from Dante to Pseudo-Dante?

Tragedy and Comedy from Dante to Pseudo-Dante by H.A. Kelly is 146 pages long, and a total of 37,376 words.

This makes it 49% the length of the average book. It also has 46% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Tragedy and Comedy from Dante to Pseudo-Dante Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 24 minutes to read Tragedy and Comedy from Dante to Pseudo-Dante aloud.

What Reading Level is Tragedy and Comedy from Dante to Pseudo-Dante?

Tragedy and Comedy from Dante to Pseudo-Dante is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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