 | The Syntax of Desire: Language and Love in Augustine, the Modistae, Dante Subjects: Augustine Saint Bishop of Hippo -- Language; Dante Alighieri 1265–1321 -- Language; Speculative grammar; Dante Alighieri 1265–1321. Paradiso; Dante Alighieri 1265–1321. Inferno; Desire in literature; Love in literature; In addition to detailed analyses of medieval texts, The Syntax of Desire examines some aspects of the same relationship in light of contemporary linguistics, philosophy of language, and psychoanalysis. Lombardi Elena : Elena Lombardi is Paget Toynbee Lecturer in Italian Medieval Studies and a fellow of Balliol College at the University of Oxford. |
