05240nam a22006255i 4500 978-3-031-69253-6 DE-He213 20251030113250.0 cr nn 008mamaa 241029s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031692536 978-3-031-69253-6 10.1007/978-3-031-69253-6 doi D111-203 HBJD bicssc HBLC1 bicssc HIS037010 bisacsh NHDJ thema Dante and the Sciences of the Human [electronic resource] : Medicine, Physics, and the Soul / edited by Matteo Pace. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XIX, 219 p. 20 illus., 14 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Palgrave Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Medicine, 2524-7395 1. Dante’s Sciences of the Human: An Introduction; Matteo Pace -- 2. When the Ocean Towered Above the Earth: Dante’s Questio in Context; Ivano Dal Prete -- 3. Passion and Passionless Love in Dante: From Epistola 3 to the Commedia; Joseph Romano -- 4. Anatomy of Florence: Illness and Body Politics in the Commedia; Andrea Celli -- 5. Neither O nor I: The Handiwork of Inferno 24 and 25; Arielle Saiber -- 6. Disabled Bodies and Female Souls: From Dante to Marinella; Catherine Bloomer -- 7. Speaking Like a Philosopher: Dante and Renaissance Treatises on Love; Eva Del Soldato. Index. “The focus of this fine collection of articles on Dante’s ‘sciences of the human’ […] reveals anew the startling interdisciplinary breadth of his intellectual project.” —Joel Kaye, Barnard College “In exploring Dante’s corporal imagery by placing in dialogue different disciplines, this book offers an original and stimulating contribution to our understanding of the unity of all fields of medieval knowledge.” —Susanna Barsella, Fordham University “By delving into the nuances at the crossroads of poetry and natural sciences, this book not only presents a series of innovative interpretations of Dante’s works but also imparts valuable insights into their enduring significance across disciplines. —Eugenio Refini, New York University This edited collection explores Dante Alighieri’s contribution to medical, scientific, and spiritual thought in medieval and early modern times. The chapters address how Dante shaped an understanding of the human body and mind, his relationship with medical and scientific thought in his literary and philosophical production, and his legacy which continued into the following centuries. Each chapter questions Dante’s contribution to these issues from an interdisciplinary perspective, thus putting medieval literatures in conversation with the history of medicine and science, politics, theology, and philosophy. Covering questions on the body, soul, matter, politics, and physics, this valuable book presents an overview of Dante’s relationship with medical thought and the medieval sciences. Matteo Pace is Assistant Professor of Italian Studies at Connecticut College, in the USA. Upon earning a PhD in Italian and Comparative Literature from Columbia University in 2019, he won a Santorio Award for Excellence in Research from the Centre for the Study of Medicine and the Body in the Renaissance, where he is also an Associate Fellow. In his research, he focuses on the intersections between vernacular cultures and medical thought in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Besides Dante, he has published on Boccaccio’s Decameron; Guido Cavalcanti and Dino del Garbo; Giacomo da Lentini and the Aristotelian tradition; Guido Guinizzelli, Avicenna, and Taddeo Alderotti’s medical philosophy; and Catherine of Siena’s theology of blood. Europe History 476-1492. 66930 Medicine History. 71334 Science History. 65232 Physics History. 64549 Philosophy History. 70495 Europe History 1492-. 68968 History of Medieval Europe. 66935 History of Medicine. 71335 History of Science. 66101 History of Physics and Astronomy. 68040 History of Philosophy. 70497 History of Early Modern Europe. 68969 Pace, Matteo. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 86780 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031692529 Printed edition: 9783031692543 Printed edition: 9783031692550 Palgrave Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Medicine, 2524-7395 85253 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69253-6 ZDB-2-HTY ZDB-2-SXH 64577 64577