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'Dante and Augustine delights as a well-constructed, elegantly argued, and intellectually coherent study of Dantean ideas through the lens of Augustinian theory. Simone Marchesi deftly juggles all the chief components of Dante's thought and praxis by employing his command of classical and post-classical linguistics, poetics, and hermeneutics. Covering an impressive amount of ground while maintaining a light, graceful style, Dante and Augustine makes a genuine contribution to both Dante studies and the history of rhetorical and hermeneutical ideas - no mean feat.'--Teodolinda Barolini, Lorenzo Da Ponte Professor of Italian, Columbia University 'In robust and inspiring prose, Dante and Augustine offers original, well-researched insights into the relationship between these two major authors. Marchesi's sound research methodology and excellent knowledge of the field are enlivened by his discussions of language and poetics, which are always clear and elegant. His comparisons between contemporary and medieval linguistic theory are particularly efficient and successful.'--Elena Lombardi, Department of Italian, University of Bristol

'In robust and inspiring prose, Dante and Augustine offers original, well-researched insights into the relationship between these two major authors. Marchesi's sound research methodology and excellent knowledge of the field are enlivened by his discussions of language and poetics, which are always clear and elegant. His comparisons between contemporary and medieval linguistic theory are particularly efficient and successful.' - Elena Lombardi, Department of Italian, University of Bristol

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Simone Marchesi is a professor of French and Italian at Princeton University.

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